Staff lose more than 26,000 hours to IT issues, CQC reveals
2 December 2019
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) revealed in its November board papers that 26,835 staff hours had been lost to IT issues, costing Ā£679,399.
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Ipswich Hospital rolls out patient portal for letters and appointments
29 November 2019
The next time an appointment is booked patients with a registered mobile number will be sent a text message inviting them to sign up to the system.
Trust warns of ‘significant risk’ to patients over EPR delays
29 November 2019
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust says it cannot go ahead with the planned EPR as it is still awaiting approval from NHSI and its ICS.
Movers and shakers news round-up
29 November 2019
This month’s round-up of industry appointments include movers and shakers at NHS Wales Informatics Service, System C, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire CCGs and Liva Healthcare.
Royal Cornwall Hospital deploys AI tool for secure surgical videos
28 November 2019
Touch Surgery Enterprise enables automatic processing and viewing of surgical videos for clinicians and their teams without compromising patient data.
Tories pledge vaccine text message reminders to boost uptake
28 November 2019
The national vaccination reminder system will see text messages and digital reminders sent to families from their GP when their child’s immunisation is due.
East Kent Hospitals goes live with maternity personal health record
28 November 2019
Through the portal, women are able to interact with their electronic records and even add their own information around their medical history.
Essex Partnership digital tool improves leg wound and ulcer care
19 June 2026
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a digital tool to improve care for
West Midlands NHS imaging programme enters procurement
19 June 2026
An NHS imaging transformation programme serving 6.6 million people across the West Midlands has entered
Health minister apologises for NHSE error on FDP data access
18 June 2026
Health minister Preet Kaur Gill has apologised for NHSEās handling of information provided to the
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
18 June 2026
Today’s briefing features Doctify launching in Saudi Arabia and a Scottish medical management platform for
University Hospitals Sussex EDs switch to digital observations
18 June 2026
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has now rolled out digital observations and prescribing in
