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29 October 2020

NHS Covid-19 App updated to improve accuracy and notifications

From today the NHS Covid-19 App will be updated to increase the accuracy of close contact notifications sent out by
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29 October 2020

Covid-19: Recording of ethnicity data to be mandatory on death certificates

The recording of ethnicity data on death certificates in England is set to become mandatory in a bid to tackle
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Marshmallow
29 October 2020

Joeā€™s View: Educated fools, marshmallows and the NHS Covid tracing app

In a column for Digital Health, Joe McDonald, stresses why the public needs to get behind the NHS Covid-19 app
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NHS Covid-19 App
27 October 2020

NHS Covid-19 App does work on iPhone 12 despite error messages

The error message occurs if the NHS Covid-19 App is transferred to the new device from an older iPhone via
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Matthew Gould
26 October 2020

Gould says NHSX “took a punt and started quickly” on NHS Covid-19 app

Speaking at FabChange20, the head of NHSX has said the organisation ā€œtook a punt and started quicklyā€ with the NHS
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21 October 2020

National Data Guardian poll reveals growing understanding of data sharing

A poll carried out by the National Data Guardian has shown a growing public understanding that data is vital for
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20 October 2020

Dido Harding assures no risk to patient data during Excel error

Baroness Dido Harding said there was ā€œat no time any risk to patient dataā€, adding that it is kept securely
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Hospital
20 October 2020

The pandemic catalysed innovation and hospitals will reap the benefits

Innovation advisor at Imperial College Health Partners, Dr Hai Lin Leung, reflects on how the Covid-19 pandemic has helped catalyse
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19 October 2020

Tunstall calls for greater investment in technology to protect vulnerable

It comes as Tunstall Healthcare has developed a remote patient monitoring system to support vulnerable people by enabling early interventions.
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19 October 2020

Police to get access to self-isolation data from NHS Test and Trace

The Department of Health and Social Care confirmed NHS Test and Trace details would be shared with police on a
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