Babylon Health app will be among first on NHS “digital tool” library
17 March 2017
Five apps will help launch NHS’s new digital tool library, including the private video consultation on-demand service Babylon Health.
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Health IT news in brief
17 March 2017
This week’s week health IT round-up covers a new cross border partnership in Ireland and some big wins for Civica in social care.
University College London Hospitals seals Epic deal
16 March 2017
The deal to deploy the Epic EPR at the London NHS trust is part of digital programme worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
“Inexcusable” mistakes made in Google DeepMind and Royal Free NHS data deal – study
16 March 2017
An academic paper says “inexcusable” mistakes were made in the controversial deal between Google DeepMind Health and Royal Free to use patient data. Unsurprisingly, the AI company and NHS trust both disagree.
Leeds Care Record adds community, mental health and adult social care
15 March 2017
Leeds Care Record now has five major health and care sectors contributing and viewing it – mental health, adult social care, community, hospital and GP.
Doncaster to deploy shared care record this summer
14 March 2017
Doncaster will deploy an integrated digital care record this summer, initially drawing on patient data from four organisations across health and social care.
Barts Health partners with Cera to prevent bed blocking
14 March 2017
The largest trust in the country, Barts Health, has partnered with Cera to prevent bed blocking and get patients home quicker.
NHS staff to face sack or prison for unlawful patient data access
8 July 2026
NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has said NHS staff face the sack or
Birmingham trusts launch InterSystems shared patient portal
8 July 2026
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health and Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trusts have launched a
Uni Hospitals of Leicester upgrades EPR and begins AVT rollout
7 July 2026
University Hospitals of Leicester has upgraded its Nervecentre EPR system and begun the phased deployment
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
7 July 2026
Today’s briefing features acoustic gut monitoring technology and a contraction timer to support women during
NICE recommends two technologies for endometriosis diagnosis
7 July 2026
NICE has said that two new non-invasive technologies can be used in the NHS to
