Lessons learned from the Welsh Clinical Portal
Griff Williams, considers the role the portal has played throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, including the successes and lessons learned.
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NHS App hits milestone 12m downloads since Covid passports introduced
More than 1.5 million people have now used the NHS App app to manage their organ donation preference, a surge caused by the indroduction of Covid passports.
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Digital Transformation: Has Covid enabled tomorrow’s world today?
In a piece for Digital Health, Chelsea and Westminster’s Bruno Botelho, explores whether Covid has helped enable innovation.
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Cera hits 10 million healthcare visits during Covid pandemic
Cera said early on it spotted the need to support certain cohorts in their own homes during the pandemic and scaled its operation through technology.
Digital Patient
Plans for Covid passports in England scrapped, Sajid Javid confirms
Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show Sajid Javid said the government had decided not to go ahead with the plans for Covid passports.
Digital Patient
World Health Organisation reveals list of innovative Covid technologies
The 24 technologies are considered to have an “immediate and future impact” on Covid-19 preparedness, according to the World Health Organisation.
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Digital Health Unplugged: A chat with Simon Bolton
Host Andrea Downey spoke to the interim CEO of NHS Digital about his goals for the organisation, building back after Covid-19 and diversity targets.
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Health tech adoption is tough and we aim to make it a little easier
Lorna Green, director of enterprise and growth at Innovation Agency discusses how innovation is offering new solutions to the challenges faced by the NHS.
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Covid passports for events set to begin in England this month
Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said introducing Covid passports was the “right thing to do”.
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GCHQ powers to access NHS IT systems is extended
The powers allow GCHQ to request information held by or on behalf of the NHS for the purpose of “supporting and maintaining security”.
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