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Pharmacists demand patient record access

2 October 2015

Community pharmacists in the UK should have read and write access to full electronic records for their patients, says the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in a new campaign.

Health apps and mhealth news

2 October 2015

Health apps, wearables and other mobile health technology news.

NHS Number use becomes law

1 October 2015

The NHS Number must be used as a single patient identifier across the health and social care system, under a new law which comes into effect today.

Sepsis detected early using new tech

1 October 2015

Sepsis patients are being diagnosed and treated earlier with the help of new technology at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

GP2GP allows large file transfer

1 October 2015

Large patient record files can be sent electronically between GP practices following roll-out of the latest version of GP2GP.

HSCIC Digital Leaders Programme launched

30 September 2015

Key NHS IT and clinical staff will connect with the people developing and running national systems for health and care as part of a Digital Leaders programme, being launched today.