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Dido Harding faces calls to ‘consider her position’ in Test and Trace

12 October 2020

Dido Harding is the executive chair of NHS Test and Trace and interim chair of of the newly announced Health Protection England.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ chooses Epic as ‘preferred supplier’ for £175m EHR

9 October 2020

One of the biggest NHS trusts in London has selected Epic as its ‘preferred supplier’ for a new electronic health record (EHR) in a deal worth £175million.

Primary care staff are advised to leave systems switched off this morning

‘Excel-gate’ highlights need for ‘quality technical capability’ in NHS

9 October 2020

Using Microsoft Excel is not an uncommon “workaround” when managing data but organisations need to find a “more robust” way of doing so, experts have said.

Industry news in brief

9 October 2020

This month’s industry round up features news Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit have launched a web-based system for primary care.

How using Excel may have caused thousands of unreported Covid cases

8 October 2020

The glitch was reportedly caused by an Excel spreadsheet reaching its maximum size and preventing new cases from being added to the file.

Apple launches Health Records in UK with Oxford and Milton Keynes

8 October 2020

The feature allows users to securely view and store their medical records in the health app on their Apple iPhone, linking records from multiple providers.