NHS Digital enters five-year partnership with GS1 UK
24 April 2019
The partnership between the organisation and GS1 UK, will start with patient wristbands and extend to location management.
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VR surgical simulator first to receive Royal College accreditation
24 April 2019
It’s the first simulation with HapticVR to receive CPD points and will cover the Fundamental Surgery total hip replacement training simulation.
Suggestion NHSX will be funded by NHS Digital restructure is withdrawn
23 April 2019
NHSX launched in shadow form in early April, along with a new website outlining what the organisation is and what it will do.
London ambulance staff to be given real-time access to patient data
23 April 2019
The NHS Identity Service pilot will give medics access to crucial information about a patient, without the patient having to answer questions when in pain.
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.
University Hospitals Sussex signs EPR contract with Alcidion
24 June 2026
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has signed a contract with Alcidion to deliver an
Manchester Met wins funding to boost AI health innovation
23 June 2026
Manchester Metropolitan University will promote AI for business and the development of wearable health technologies
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
23 June 2026
Today’s briefing features research into growing distrust in healthcare AI and a partnership between the
FDP ‘here to stay’ says Patel as Palantir contract faces review
23 June 2026
Nirav Patel, head of demand and delivery for the NHS FDP, has said the platform
NHS England recruiting for CDIO of online hospital trust
22 June 2026
NHS England is recruiting for a chief digital information officer (CDIO) for its new online
