Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
5 December 2024
Today’s news roundup includes a European Union project aimed at accelerating digital health adoption across the North Sea region.
News
Two more Liverpool hospitals impacted by Alder Hey cyber attack
5 December 2024
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has announced that the cyber attack it suffered last week has impacted two more hospitals.
Synnovis staff to strike following ‘alarming impact’ of cyber attack
5 December 2024
Staff working for NHS pathology provider Synnovis have announced plans to strike for five days, following a major cyber attack in June 2024.
DHI snapshot report shows NHS digital maturity improvement
4 December 2024
Digital Health Intelligence’s snapshot report on the digital maturity of NHS acute trusts shows some improvements compared to 2022.
Feebris launches Heart Failure @ Home service in Northern Ireland
4 December 2024
Feebris has launched a service in Northern Ireland enabling patients with complex conditions to access remote care from their homes.
Engagement paper explores the use of AI in NHS communications
4 December 2024
NHS Confederation and the AI in NHS Communications Taskforce have set out actions for using AI in communications in the health service.
System C to trial AI assistant to ease NHS social care admin
3 December 2024
System C is to trial an AI assistant for social care in the NHS to support social care practitioners by reducing their admin burden.
Plans for Covid passports in England scrapped, Sajid Javid confirms
13 September 2021
Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show Sajid Javid said the government had decided not
Salford long Covid patients given access to app which helps track recovery
13 September 2021
The Northern Care Alliance and Salford City Council have teamed up to offer long Covid
Great North Care Record expands to include children’s community services
13 September 2021
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust has added children’s community services to data-sharing Great
Imprivata’s digital identity solutions now available on Microsoft Azure
13 September 2021
Imprivata has announced two of its digital identity solutions are now available on Microsoft Azure
Patients wait longer for care under integrated care systems, analysis finds
10 September 2021
The Centre for Policy Studies found that delayed transfers of care increased by an average
