IT connection problems compromised care – CQC
16 December 2016
IT connectivity issues at a southern trust have caused disrupted access to electronic patient record and compromised patient care, CQC says.
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Emis chief executive Chris Spencer to retire
15 December 2016
The long-serving chief executive of leading UK clinical software firm Emis Health, has announced his plans to retire next year.
Billion-pound framework released for Health IT
15 December 2016
A billion-pound framework aimed at improving health IT has gone live, with a score of trusts lining up to procure new kit.
1970s printers replaced with e-prescribing in Ireland
14 December 2016
More than 30 years ago, Matrix printers were introduced into the Irish healthcare system. Now, finally, they are being replaced
IT contributing to ‘missed opportunities’ on NHS deaths
13 December 2016
Preventable deaths are going unrecorded in the NHS, and disjointed IT systems are partly to blame, according to a Care Quality Commission report.
Pathology framework worth up £250m out to tender
13 December 2016
A multi-million pound pathology framework tender has been issued by NHS organisations in the north of England.
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
