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31 March 2020

NHS launches text message support service for people with Covid-19

Daily texts will be sent by the NHS to new patients who register their Covid-19 symptoms and contact details with
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Rachel Dunscombe, CTO of Visionabel
30 March 2020

Rachel Dunscombe to lead on Visionable platform strategy as CTO

The former Salford Royal CIO joins Visionable at a pivotal moment for the video consultation market, as it scrambles to
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30 March 2020

Summer Schools July 2020 dates moved to September

The dates of Digital Health Summer Schools 2020 have been moved and are to be replaced with new online Virtual
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30 March 2020

Exc: Five areas to be examined by PRSB as it sets standards for social care

The PRSB will use information gathered in focus groups to develop standards for social care professionals to follow when developing
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30 March 2020

Online triage tools to be ‘rapidly procured’ to manage Covid-19 pressures

In a letter sent to providers last week, GP surgeries were told to move to a triage-first model of care
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27 March 2020

Digital Health Unplugged: Coronavirus special

Join our news team, editor Hannah Crouch and senior reporters, Andrea Downey and Owen Hughes, as they talk through the
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27 March 2020

Coronavirus news round-up: Digital Health debrief

Digital Health News will be bringing you a weekly round-up of the latest coronavirus news from the NHS and suppliers
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26 March 2020

Digital Health Networks discuss digital responses to Covid-19

A total of 442 members of the networks tuned into a special webinar around digital responses to Covid-19, which featured
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Video Consultation
26 March 2020

Exclusive: 11 suppliers chosen to provide video consults during Covid-19

Suppliers have been told they will be working with a number of CCGs, but exact regions are yet to be
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Opt-Out
26 March 2020

National data opt-out deadline pushed back to alleviate Covid-19 response

NHS Digital and NHSX have moved the national data opt-out compliance deadline to 30 September to allow NHS organisations to
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