UCLH outsources ICT to Atos in deal worth at least £150m
5 January 2017
The big London NHS trust makes another big IT investment, hinting at ambitions to become an “exemplar”.
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Exclusive: Health data breaches on the rise
5 January 2017
Since April 2015, UK health providers have reported more than 1300 “data security incidents”, including hundreds of cyber-attacks.
NHS barcode project aimed at improving patient safety
4 January 2017
The humble barcode has been ubiquitous in retail for decades. Now the NHS is trying to use the technology to track faulty devices and improve patient safety.
London Ambulance IT down for five hours on NYD
3 January 2017
Ambulance dispatchers in the capital were reduced to using pen and paper on one of the busiest nights of the year.
Michael Thick elected chair CCIO Industry Network
3 January 2017
IMS Maxims chief clinical information officer has been elected chair of the CCIO Industry Network, a group of clinicians working for healthcare technology and software suppliers.
Interoperability big priority for 2017
3 January 2017
We asked 20 UK digital health leaders for their predictions for 2017. One word came through louder than any other.
The big go-lives of 2016
30 December 2016
With the National Programme for IT finally coming to close, and new funding scarce, there were fewer system deployments in the NHS in 2016. But in those trusts that did go-live, new systems have mostly avoided the chaos that accompanied many deployments
North East and Yorkshire trusts adopt tech for faster scan results
10 July 2026
NHS England is expanding the rollout of Hexarad to help patients in the North East
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
10 July 2026
Our latest roundup features Powys Teaching Health Board rolling out an electronic prescribing and medicines
NHS AI blood test could reduce invasive cancer exams for women
9 July 2026
Thousands of women could avoid invasive diagnostic procedures for suspected womb cancer under an NHS
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board rolls out Better ePMA
9 July 2026
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has begun rolling out the Better Meds electronic prescribing and
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
