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FOI: NHS IT systems suffer 55 days’ downtime over three-year period
NHS trusts in England have experienced over 1,300 hours of downtime as a result of IT outages in the last three years, according to an FOI request.
Digital workforce strategy will help bring NHS to ‘the next frontier’
The report, being led by Dr Eric Topol, will look at opportunities where the NHS can invest in technology training for staff.
Matt Hancock named as health secretary in cabinet reshuffle
The departing Secretary of State, Jeremy Hunt, claimed his successor has a ‘brilliant understanding of the power of technology’.
NHS looks to the cosmos for innovation drive with UK Space Agency
Up to £4 million will be made available to innovators who can demonstrate how tech originally designed for space could be used to improve NHS treatment and care.
Hunt announces £215m cash injection into NHS research and development
The Department of Health and Social Care has released an additional £215 million to help tackle some of the biggest health challenges facing the NHS.
United Lincolnshire goes paper-free in maternity wards with System C
The clinical system is being rolled out in a ‘phased’ deployment over nine months at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston and Lincoln County Hospital, as well as five satellite clinics and a number of community sites in Lincolnshire.

Uni Hospitals of Leicester upgrades EPR and begins AVT rollout
University Hospitals of Leicester has upgraded its Nervecentre EPR system and begun the phased deployment
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
Today’s briefing features acoustic gut monitoring technology and a contraction timer to support women during

NICE recommends two technologies for endometriosis diagnosis
NICE has said that two new non-invasive technologies can be used in the NHS to

Isle of Man minister: Single patient record will be ‘revolutionary’
Speaking to Digital Health, the Isle of Man’s health minister described plans for a single
NHS backs rollout of integrated AVT as part of £10bn tech funding
NHS England is rolling out AI tools across the health service, including integrated ambient voice
