Movers and Shakers news roundup
November’s movers and shakers features a new CIO at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole and a government commercial director joining the supervisory GS1 UK.
Health CIO
£600K Wade-Gery digital review may be delayed
A high-level review of the digital responsibilities of different NHS agencies, led by NHS Digital’s new chair, is thought to have been postponed.
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An alternative (re)view of NHS Digital and NHSX
In a column for Digital Health News under an alias, David Boyd, provides some suggestions for the upcoming Wade-Gery review of NHS Digital and NHSX.
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DHSC must still learn the lessons of its failed IT programmes
DHSC and the NHS have a “long way to go” to deal with the legacy of their track record of failed IT programmes”, a key government committee has said.
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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 the app.
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‘Major questions unanswered’ about effectiveness of NHS Covid-19 App
The Health Foundation has raised concerns about the lack of published evidence from the NHS Covid-19 App’s pilots, which it says could risk public trust.
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Care homes to receive thousands of iPads to tackle loneliness
The Department of Health and Social Care will provide up to 11,000 iPads to care homes to reduce the risk of Covid-19 from people visiting homes.
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NHSX turns one: Digital Health News looks back
As NHSX turns one, Digital Health News has looked back on what has happened since the organisation was officially launched.
News
Results of first week of test and trace are in – app is still out
The app was designed to speed up the process of contact-tracing, with epidemiologists previously warning manual contact-tracing would be too slow.
News
NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app ‘delayed until June’
Health secretary Matt Hancock had previously said the app would be rolled out by mid-May, as had NHSX chief Matthew Gould.
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