Eight-day IT failure at Great Ormond critical care units
12 December 2016
The “unexpected total system failure” has sparked a review of the London hospital’s IT infrastructure.
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Telephone GP consultations show promise – report
12 December 2016
Introducing telephone GP consultations has proved effective but video has shown less tangible benefits, says an NHS England report.
NHSmail account launches phishing attack
9 December 2016
A NHSmail account has been hijacked and used to launch a phishing attack to extract sensitive details from other NHS staff.
Gloucestershire goes live with TrakCare
8 December 2016
Another southern trust has gone live with the TrakCare electronic patient record, after more than a year of delays.
Another IT crash in the north
7 December 2016
A component failure at a hospital has led to delayed appointments, the latest in a spate of IT crashes at NHS trusts.
NHS Digital sees off patient privacy challenge
6 December 2016
NHS Digital has seen off a challenge to the way its anonymises millions of patients’ data, with a verdict finding the practice is in keeping with national guidelines
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
