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NHS e-Referral Service hits 100m bookings since 2005 launch

21 December 2018

Launched in 2005, the service allows patients or clinicians to book appointments in hospital or other care settings online.

Industry news in brief

21 December 2018

Our last industry round up for 2018 features news that CHKS has been awarded a new contract in Wales to create a clinical benchmarking and analytics system.

BridgeHead Software partners with Digital Health CIO Network

20 December 2018

BridgeHead will join a lineup of NHS opinion formers and thought leaders, as well as other CIO Network partners, including NHS Digital and InterSystems.

Review into breast cancer screening problems uncovers IT challenges

20 December 2018

The review is recommending that the IT systems used in the breast cancer screening programme are made simpler to use and fully interoperable.

Matt Hancock named as Digital Health Rewired keynote speaker

19 December 2018

The Secretary for State for Health and Social Care will be joined on day two by chairman of the British Heart Foundation, Doug Gurr.

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FOI finds 1 in 4 NHS trusts have no staff with cyber qualifications

19 December 2018

Nearly a quarter of NHS trusts that responded to an FOI request have no employees with cyber security qualifications, with trusts employing just one qualified security professional per 2,582 employees on average.