‘Skype doctors’ prevent 3,000 A&E visits in Manchester
5 June 2019
The on-call Skype NHS team takes around 8,000 calls per year from wardens working in sheltered accommodation, care home staff and community teams.
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POLL: Is NHSX CEO right to promote exposing the APIs of the NHS App?
4 June 2019
Digital Health News is running a poll asking readers whether they think this approach by Matthew Gould is the right decision.
Poor communication between central and local NHS ‘hindering digitisation’
4 June 2019
Establishing āclear dialogueā between local and central NHS is āessentialā for ensuring national policy supports local digital advancement, a report found.
Northern Care Alliance launches electronic risk assessment for blood clots
4 June 2019
Clinicians will begin using the electronic form to assess inpatients for clots including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) from 4 June.
GP at Hand’s primary care network application to be ‘considered’
3 June 2019
Hammersmith and Fulham CCG has said it would āconsiderā an application from Babylonās GP at Hand to become its own primary care network.
UK’s first maternity record system launched in Birmingham
3 June 2019
The single maternity record will enable clinical information to be shared between four hospitals in the region, improving quality of care for patients.
Co-op app will allows customers to manage repeat prescriptions
3 June 2019
Mobile technology company Apadmi has been tasked with helping to help support the development of the Co-op’s new health app.
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
