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9 January 2024

FCI members to vote at AGM on becoming special interest group of BCS

Members of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics (FCI) are set to vote at the AGM on whether it should become
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Venus
21 June 2022

‘Clinical satnav’ for doctors should become a mainstream part of the NHS

A report explores why providing better computerised advice for routine medical decisions will save lives and help to solve problems.
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Breast Cancer Screening
15 September 2021

AI could lead to ‘overdiagnosis’ of breast cancer, tech body warns

The technology is often seen as ā€œlike magicā€ in healthcare but there is little scientific evidence to support its use
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NHS Covid-19 App
23 July 2021

Government reveals NHS Covid-19 app self-isolation changes

The government has announced the sectors where workers may qualify for an exemption to self-isolation rules if they are pinged
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Movers and Shakers
23 July 2021

Movers and Shakers news roundup

Our latest Movers and Shakers news roundup features a new fellow at BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT and Warrington
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Nursing
28 January 2021

BCS help win a bid for nursing informatics global conference

BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT has helped win a bid to hold a global digital health conference which is
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16 November 2020

IT bungles spark calls for industry to be regulated for ethical standards

It comes as a number of public sector programmes suffered IT blunders, nearly 16,000 Covid-19 cases to go unreported due
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2 November 2020

BCS joins forces with Coding Black Females to improve diversity in tech

Fifty women from Coding Black Females will be offered a membership of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, each year
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29 October 2020

Andy Kinnear to join Ethical Healthcare Consulting

The former director of digital transformation at NHS South, Central and West, Andy Kinnear,Ā is join Ethical Healthcare Consulting.
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5 August 2020

An app for the next pandemic

As the government is advised to improve its Test and Trace Programme, Dr Philip Scott, from BCS, explores how we
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