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1 July 2021

Former NHS IT manager jailed for 5 years for £800k fraud

Barry Stannard, of Chelmsford in Essex, defrauded Mid Essex Hospital Trust of £806,229 which came out of the trust's IT
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1 July 2021

Lincolnshire trust chooses patient portal from Healthcare Communications

Using Healthcare Communications patient engagement portal the trust can now deliver digital appointment letters to patients.
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Doctor on computer
1 July 2021

New £12m online platform launched to manage obesity-related illness

The NHS Digital Weight Management Programme will provide free online for people with obesity-related illnesses such as diabetes or high
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Moorfields Eye Hospital
30 June 2021

Peter Thomas appointed CCIO at Moorfields Eye Hospital

Peter Thomas is due to step into the chief clinical information officer (CCIO) role at Moorfields Eye Hospital in August. 
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30 June 2021

Covid-19 passports to go live in Northern Ireland ‘from next week’

Northern Ireland’s Department of Health announced its Covid-19 passport could be live by Monday, July 5 – ahead of the
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Robotic Surgery
30 June 2021

Guy’s and St Thomas’ takes delivery of fourth surgical robot

Guy’s and St Thomas’ has taken delivery of a fourth surgical robot in a bid to speed up cancer operations
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30 June 2021

Amazon Web Services launches healthcare accelerator

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching a four-week virtual programme tailored to accelerating growth for healthcare start-ups.
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29 June 2021

Sajid Javid stands down from £150k AI advisory role

Sajid Javid was receiving £151,835 per annum from C3.ai for 80-96 hours work annually, working out to roughly £1,500 per
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29 June 2021

Digital Health Networks: Javid must not kick digital ‘into the long grass’

Dr James Reed, chair of the Digital Health CCIO Network, warned new health secretary Sajid Javid against making “change for
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Interoperability
29 June 2021

ReStart and Better partner up to improve data interoperability in the NHS

Restart is to supply interoperability services to Better’s digital health platform, aiming to simplify and accelerate digitalisation across the NHS.
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