Emergency services’ may be left unable to share radios for 6 months
The emergency services could be unable to communicate with each other for six months in 2020, a Public Accounts Committee inquiry has warned.
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London Ambulance NY outage linked to high demand
As an investigation into five-hour outage, during which a patient died, continues the service says its computer aided dispatch system is at ongoing risk of failure.
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£4 billion emergency radio system “not yet proven”
A Commons’ Public Accounts Committee says the Emergency Services Network for ambulance, police and fire services is behind schedule and faces “very challenging” technology issues.
Infrastructure
NY death investigated for links to London Ambulance IT crash
An investigation will determined whether IT problems at the London Ambulance Service contributed to the death in the early hours of New Years’ Day.
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London Ambulance IT down for five hours on NYD
Ambulance dispatchers in the capital were reduced to using pen and paper on one of the busiest nights of the year.
Clinical Software
Mobile and app news in brief
This month’s app round up covers an ambulance service making an innovative use of apps, alongside a company hoping to give everyone a therapist in their pocket.
Digital Patient
iPads rolled out to ambulance staff in South East Coast
iPads will be deployed to more than 200 paramedics in Kent to help them manage and send patient electronic information remotely.
Clinical Software
Ambulance trust uses forms on iPads
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is working with Kainos to develop a version of its Evolve patient record software for ambulance services, and piloting the use of iPads to let paramedics complete forms to add to the system.
Clinical Software
Summary Care Records: GPs add info
Nearly all of England’s GPs are able to write additional information into a patient’s Summary Care Record from within their clinical system and more than 80% of SystmOne practices have added codes already.
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Ambulance trust quits NHS 111 contracts
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is pulling out of two NHS 111 contracts in the south west of England.
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