NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app ‘delayed until June’
21 May 2020
Health secretary Matt Hancock had previously said the app would be rolled out by mid-May, as had NHSX chief Matthew Gould.
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Digital Health Summer Schools to go virtual for 2020
21 May 2020
The Digital Health Summer Schools have gone virtual this year, with two days of online learning, networking and collaboration expected to take place.Ā
App provides on-the-spot mental health crisis support
21 May 2020
A team of trained mental health professionals will offer direct video support to responders and patients in a bid to reduce unnecessary A&E attendances.
Centralised approach to contact-tracing app ‘based on shaky assumptions’
20 May 2020
Privacy expert Polly Sanderson told Digital Health News there were āserious issuesā associated with relying on the self-reporting of symptoms.
Three Scottish trusts trial Covid-19 contact-tracing software
20 May 2020
The pilot will allow the trusts to test the software, which will be used by contact tracers to collect the information they need digitally.
Seven NHS trusts using video calling platform for virtual visits
20 May 2020
Seven NHS Trusts are using technology developed by WiFi SPARK in to help connect hospital patients with their loved ones during the coronavirus outbreak.
Draft bills calls for greater assurance of privacy in contact-tracing app
19 May 2020
If the bill becomes law, government would be required to set up an independent contact-tracing app Privacy Tzar to monitor its use and deal with complaints.
Ashford and St Peterās opt for RLDatix electronic rostering
12 June 2026
Ashford and St Peterās Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed RLDatix to deliver its electronic
Digital Healthās monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
12 June 2026
This roundup includes EPR go-lives, following delays, at both North Cumbria Integrated Care and York
Digital Health Summer Schools 2026 full programme published
11 June 2026
Digital Health has published the full Summer Schools 2026 programme, featuring some of the NHS’s
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
11 June 2026
Today’s briefing features a 3D model for an eye centre in London and investment in
Govt pledges Ā£20m to roll out AI X-ray tools across NHS by 2029
11 June 2026
The government has announced Ā£20 million of funding to expand AI chest X-ray tools to
