More than one million people download NHS App for Covid-19 passport
The NHS App now has 4.8 million registered users, of which 1.3m are new users since it was announced it would be used for Covid-19 passports.
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Virtual wards and AI form part of £160m NHSE funding boost
Devon Integrated Care System (ICS) will use the funding to deliver virtual wards so patients can receive medical support from the comfort of their home.
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What is the Covid-19 passport? Your questions answered
The government has announced Covid-19 passports will be used from May 17, but what are they, how will they work and who is eligible to use one?
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NHS Digital announces new primary care data collection service
The data collection service provide access to near-real-time data from GP practices for planning and research purposes, NHS Digital confirmed.
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NHS England to ‘substantially’ widen digital staff passport programme
A prior information notice revealed NHS England and Improvement are looking to expand the digital staff passport programme “as soon as practicable”.
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Electronic repeat dispensing code saves GPs more than 90,000 hours
When the pandemic hit more GPs were relying on electronic repeat dispensing services to provide patients with up to 12 months of their medication.
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Government ‘must explain how Covid-19 passports will be used’
Professor Eerke Boiten, a professor in cyber security, told Digital Health News that “too little” is known about how Covid-19 passports will be used.
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Patient Access launches Covid-19 passport feature
Users of Patient Access who have requested their medical record from their GP can now find a Covid-19 vaccination status on their homepage when they log in.
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NHS App to be used as Covid-19 passport from May 17
Announcing the countries that will be on the UK’s ‘green’ travel list the transport secretary said the app would be used as a Covid-19 passport from 17 May.
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