GP at Hand to go live in Birmingham after expansion is approved
Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG) primary care committee gave the go ahead at a meeting on 18 June.
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MP calls for GP at Hand to be suspended pending further reviews
Andy Slaughter, the MP for Hammersmith, warned the Government’s support of Babylon’s GP at Hand risked “privatising the NHS”.
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GP at Hand’s primary care network application to be ‘considered’
Hammersmith and Fulham CCG has said it would “consider” an application from Babylon’s GP at Hand to become its own primary care network.
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Funding model for GP at Hand ‘not appropriate’, Ipsos Mori review finds
The long-awaited Ipsos Mori evaluation was “not able to fully address” whether Babylon’s GP at Hand is affordable or sustainable.
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GP at Hand makes “destabilising” move to become primary care network
The NHS funded GP app, which launched in 2017, told Digital Health it was “well placed” to become a primary care network (PCN).
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Hammersmith MP calls for government inquiry into GP at Hand
In his letter Andy Slaughter says he has a number of “serious concerns” about the app which was launched on the NHS in 2017.
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Babylon CEO wants to make healthcare ‘accessible’ for all
Speaking at the inaugural Digital Health Rewired Conference and Exhibition, Ali Parsa, spoke about the AI dawn of digital health services at scale.
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GP apps need ‘back-up plan’ in cases of suspected sepsis, new guidance says
Sepsis can be a notoriously difficult infection to spot, which raises the question: Do GP apps pose a risk the infection will be overlooked?
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GP at Hand given green light to expand to Birmingham
Digital Health News understands NHS England is now working with Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull CCGs to agree on a start date after a solution was reached.
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Line ‘needs to be drawn’ to establish accountability in healthcare AI, report warns
Clinicians may find themselves incorrectly trusting decisions made by AI more than they trust their own, The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges report found.
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