More than 2,600 patients sign up for NHS App in beta trial
5 April 2019
Leanne Summers, digital strategy delivery lead for NHSE, also said that of the 2,650 only 270 (10%) had actually booked appointments through the app.
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‘Unsatisfactory’ Capita to be stripped of cervical screening contract
5 April 2019
NHS chief executive Simon Stevens said the health service had “not been satisfied” with the way Capita had handled the contract.
Industry news in brief
5 April 2019
This month’s industry round up includes a new independent association for social care software providers and Portsmouth NHS saving hours with e-rostering.
Matthew Gould confirmed as new CEO of NHSX by DHSC
4 April 2019
The government digital policy chief will join NHSX in the summer and will have strategic responsibility for setting the national direction on technology.
Outdated software leaves NHS ‘vulnerable to cyber attack’ new research says
4 April 2019
Internet of Things (IoT) devices were identified as the weakest link in an IT network, according to research from software technologies company Check Point.
Two Midlands NHS Trusts select Servelec Rio EPR
4 April 2019
Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership and Black Country Partnership Foundation NHS Trusts will go live with the system by the end of the year.
NHS Digital launches £4.8m funding for digital social care programmes
3 April 2019
The grant is for products that have already been piloted in local areas, or have a strong evidence base, with a view to implementing them in larger areas.
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
Powys Teaching Health Board goes live with Better ePMA
22 June 2026
Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) has gone live an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA)
