Scotland’s ‘Digital Front Door’ to launch this year, says first minister
27 January 2025
John Swinney, first minister for Scotland, has pledged that the country’s ‘Digital Front Door’ platform will launch by the end of 2025.
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Digital staff vacancies at Wirral ‘impacted significantly’ on capacity
27 January 2025
Digital healthcare staff vacancies were at 12.5% and “impacted significantly on operational capacity” at Wirral Uni Teaching Hospital NHS FT.
Pitchfest finalist Surgery Hero acquired by Sword Health
27 January 2025
Digital Health Pitchfest competition finalist Surgery Hero has been bought by global AI care company Sword Health.
SurgeOn social networking app for doctors launches in the UK
24 January 2025
SurgeOn, a social networking platform aimed at improving patient care across the globe, is now available in the NHS.
Service launched to manage NHS weight loss medication demand
24 January 2025
A self-referral service has been launched to help healthcare organisations manage demand for new weight loss medications.
Pitchfest finalist Kidney Beam secures seed funding for app
24 January 2025
An evidence-based kidney care app has secured £610,000 in seed funding, including a sizeable contribution from charity Kidney Research UK.
Synnovis cyber attack caused two cases of severe patient harm
23 January 2025
Two patients have suffered long-term or permanent damage to their health as a result of the cyber attack on NHS pathology provider Synnovis.
RLDatix completes acquisition of Allocate Software
6 October 2021
RLDatix has completed the acquisition of Allocate Software, cementing its position as a global innovator
Faculty of Informatics launches standardised job description for CCIOs
6 October 2021
The description aims to address “inconsistencies” in the remits of CCIO roles, according to the
myGP rolls out Patient Questionnaires tool to more than 2000 GP practices
6 October 2021
myGP has rolled out its Patient Questionnaires to over 2,400 GP practices in order to
GDE evaluation calls for action to ‘address digital divide’
5 October 2021
An evaluation of the GDE programme has stated that action needs to be taken to
Digital Health Unplugged: Building confidence through tech
5 October 2021
The latest Digital Health Unplugged is now live – this time taking a look at
