Black Country Healthcare selects patient communication platform
10 April 2025
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has selected Wellola’s Portasana platform to power its digital patient engagement portal.
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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
10 April 2025
Today’s coffee briefing covers a remote monitoring initiative in Wales and Royal Oldham Hospital’s new automated laboratory system, FlexLab X.
NHS must move EPR use beyond digitising paper, warns report
10 April 2025
The NHS risks missing out on the full benefits of EPRs unless a national strategy is put in place, warns think tank.
Qualification launched to teach digital leadership in adult social care
10 April 2025
Wes Streeting, health secretary, has announced the launch of a qualification to teach care leaders the skills to use and deploy technology.
EU project launched to connect health data of three million citizens
9 April 2025
A project to help connect electronic health record (EHR) systems across Europe has received €8 million from the European Commission.
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare goes live with imaging solution
9 April 2025
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has gone live with Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution to connect radiologists in South East England.
Wes Streeting pledges to retain digital workforce amid NHS reforms
9 April 2025
Wes Streeting, health secretary, confirmed the government’s commitment to retaining the digital workforce amid the abolition of NHS England.
All health and social care bodies to appoint Caldicott Guardians by 2023
6 September 2021
The new National Data Guardian rules impact all health and social care public bodies that
GCHQ powers to access NHS IT systems is extended
3 September 2021
The powers allow GCHQ to request information held by or on behalf of the NHS
Leadership Summit to explore building partnerships between digital leaders
3 September 2021
The newly elected leaders of the Networks are to set out how they will strengthen
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
3 September 2021
Our roundup features Hospital at Night being introduced at University Hospitals Plymouth and the Royal
What Good Looks Like should ‘build on’ government’s data strategy
2 September 2021
Healthcare IT suppliers have welcomed NHSX’s ‘What Good Looks Like’ guidance but said it could
