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Mobile health and apps news in brief

19 April 2019

Our latest apps news roundup features Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust have partnering with Q Doctor to provide video consultation services.

New guidance to safeguard patients issued to online pharmacies

18 April 2019

Duncan Rudkin, chief executive of the General Pharmacuetical Council said online services need to be “safe and effective” for patients.

Imperial College opens £20m centre to develop dementia-friendly homes

18 April 2019

The care research and technology centre joins six national discovery science centres that collectively make up the UK Dementia Research Institute.

Digital service which gives access to child health information is launched

17 April 2019

NHS Digital and NHS England have worked with IT suppliers to create the National Events Management Service to allow access to child health information.

Blackpool clinical staff benefit from GP data access

17 April 2019

Pharmacists, doctors and nurses now have real-time access to 300,000 patient records from 40 GP practices via the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG).

Northern Ambulance Alliances saves £1m using Civica fleet software

17 April 2019

The software replaces the existing fleet management systems with a system which is hoped will reduce vehicle costs through more efficient data analysis.

Health and care professionals invited to help define joined-up care info

16 April 2019

The Professional Record Standards Body is running the survey to help determine what core information needs to be shared in local health and care records.