Experts react to government’s U-turn on contact-tracing app
Industry leaders said the government should ensure ethics and privacy are “correct by design” in its new contact-tracing app.
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Barts Health CIO portrait included in NHS birthday celebrations
A portrait of the CIO at Barts Health NHS Trust is to be showcased across the country as part of the NHS birthday celebration.
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An Advisory Panel member’s view of Covid-19
As a member of the Digital Health Networks Advisory Panel, we asked Aasha Cowey to share some of her experiences of working during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NHS Digital CEO named as one of the Global Top 100 Data Visionaries
Sarah Wilkinson has been named as one of the Global Top 100 Data Visionaries by HotTopics for the work she overseen at NHS Digital during Covid-19.
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Contact-tracing app U-turn ‘shouldn’t distract from wider data concerns’
Professor Eerke Boiten raised concerns about the companies with “strong political connections” that have access to the data.
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British Gas volunteers who delivered telehealth equipment thanked
Liverpool CCG and a telehealth provider have thanked volunteers from British Gas who helped deliver equipment across the city during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Reassurance on privacy of contact-tracing app remains ‘crucial’
Harriet Harman, chair of the joint human rights committee, has written to Matt Hancock requesting further information on how data will be used by the app.
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Mobile health apps news in brief
This month’s mobile apps news round-up features news that the majority of UK people believe their contact-tracing data will be used for other purposes.
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A CIO’s experience working through Covid-19
Mark Hutchinson reflects on a hectic few weeks in which the trust rolled out remote working and proceeded with a planned EPR go-live.
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