NHS England CCIO Keith McNeil resigns
9 August 2017
Keith McNeil, chief clinical information officer (CCIO) for NHS England, has resigned after 13 months in his national role.
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St George’s closes six buildings ‘not fit for purpose’
9 August 2017
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been forced to close six of its buildings which they recognised as being unfit for purpose.
Allscripts buys McKesson’s US electronic health records business
9 August 2017
US clinical information systems suppliers Allscripts is to buy McKesson’s US hospital information systems business in a £142m ($185) deal.
Scotland’s Golden Jubilee Hospital goes live with patient portal pilot
9 August 2017
A major Scottish hospital has gone live with a patient portal pilot from Orion Health, in one of the first of its type in the country.
25,000 HSE patient records affected by data fault to be investigated
8 August 2017
A tool is being developed to help the Irish Health Service Executive compare patient records affected by a recent data fault.
University Hospitals Birmingham goes live with OceanoPAS
8 August 2017
University Hospitals Birmingham has gone live with an in-house built patient administration system, developed with Servelec.
South East Coast Ambulance trust rolls out new CAD
7 August 2017
An ambulance trust has begun rolling out its new computer aided dispatch (CAD) system, after its previous system resulted in a patient harm review.
University Hospitals Sussex signs EPR contract with Alcidion
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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
