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Bold Babylon starts recruitment drive in Brum despite CCG block

2 August 2018

Babylon Health is reported to have started recruiting GPs in Birmingham despite being currently blocked from expanding into the city.

UH Bristol pushes ‘WhatsApp-style’ care co-ordination app to 1,000 clinicians

1 August 2018

CareFlow Connect has been pushed to some 1,050 clinicians across all nine of the trust’s sites, following a pilot stage that ran in 2017.

A view over the river in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland prepares for roll-out of patient portal

1 August 2018

A patient portal for people with dementia will be launched in Northern Ireland this month as part of the country’s national electronic care record project.

A nurse uses Ascom's Myco smartphone at Royal Bolton Hospital

Royal Bolton ditches ‘unsuitable’ pagers for smartphones linked to e-obs

31 July 2018

Royal Bolton Hospital is distributing more than 300 Myco smart devices to clinicians across its paediatric, maternity and critical care wards.

A young woman looking at a text reminder on her mobile phone

London CCGs to roll out text reminder service for cervical cancer screening

31 July 2018

From August, women registered with GP services in London will begin to receive text messages encouraging them to book screening appointments.

Shared record system to connect NHS trusts in Lancs and South Cumbria

30 July 2018

The Lancashire Person Record Exchange Service enables clinicians to share patient records and notes with other health and care organisations electronically.