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St George’s patient record keeping at “extreme” risk

25 May 2017

A major London teaching hospital has rated its record keeping at “extreme” risk in its risk register with consequences to patient safety.

St Richard's Hospital, Chichester, part of Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Western Sussex reports benefits from in-house IT helpdesk

25 May 2017

Western Sussex Trust looks to save hundreds of thousands of pounds by bringing its IT help desk in-house with a new cloud based software.

Harplands Hospital North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust

North Staffordshire goes live with Lorenzo EPR

24 May 2017

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust went live with the Lorenzo EPR across all clinical services over 20 to 23 May.

350,000 errors found in child immunisation IT system switchover

24 May 2017

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust have been transferring child immunisation records from CCH2000 to Paris, and found 350,000 errors.

Northwick Park Hospital adopts new software to help identify stroke victims

24 May 2017

Northwick Park Hospital sign a four-year contract with Brainomix, adopting its new medical technology to interpret brain damage from CT scans quicker.

Heart health tool reveals obesity on the rise in the UK

23 May 2017

The World Heart Federation’s heart health tool reveals that although high blood pressure rates have decreased in the UK, obesity rates are on the rise.