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Birmingham OwnHealth in hands of GPs
GPs will decide whether the first telephone-based care management service in the UK should continue.
Cruickshank: clarity needed on future
John Cruickshank, the author of a well received report on ‘Fixing NHS IT’, has called for more clarity about its future direction following the effective end of the National Programme for IT in the NHS.
NPfIT’s GP elements to become services
The GP elements of the National Programme for IT in the NHS are destined to become services, while a review of the Summary Care Record will focus on consent and ‘enrichment.’

Digital service helps keep care home residents out of hospital
Digital health service Immedicare says it helped thousands of Liverpool care home residents avoid unnecessary

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing
Our news roundup covers the relaunch of health.tech in Basel, Switzerland and North Bristol NHS

The Royal Marsden uses radiotherapy tech to improve cancer care
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out an advanced radiotherapy planning system from

Most of public think that NHS ‘single patient record’ already exists
Most of the public think that a single patient record (SPR) already exists, according to

Jessica Morley and Joe Zhang to speak on AI at Summer Schools
Dr Jessica Morley and Dr Joe Zhang will speak at Summer Schools 2025 to support