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Mike Nesbitt, health minister for Northern Ireland
22 September 2025

Major IT outage delays 1,600 patient appointments

Around 1,600 patient appointments have been postponed following an IT outage at the Southern Health and Social Care Trust.
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Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, minister for health wearing a suit and smiling
15 September 2025

Patients in Ireland can view appointments in HSE Health App

More than 900,000 patients in Ireland are now able to view their appointments in the Health Service Executive (HSE) Health
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A young female carer helping an older woman with her mobile device
27 February 2025

HSE launches Health App for patients in Ireland

The Department of Health and Health Service Executive (HSE) has launched the first version of the HSE Health App for
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Coffee Time Briefing
16 May 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā˜•

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing today includes the good news that surfing the web can improve your wellbeing and NHSE
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Healthwords
31 July 2023

Healthwords artificial intelligence platform launched by Clinova

Clinova has launched its new platform Healthwords, that is powered by artificial intelligence and will offer self-care advice to free
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Boston Consulting Group - unlocking healthcare data value
19 July 2023

Boston Consulting Group research reveals importance of healthcare data

A new report from Boston Consulting Group has looked at the public's perception of healthcare data, and made recommendations for
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16 March 2022

National CISO wants to see cyber to be seen as a patient issue

Speaking at Rewired 2022, the national CISO for health and social care has said he wants ā€˜move cyber from being
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23 February 2018

Jeremy Hunt promises Ā£75m for e-prescribing acceleration

A report by Department of Health and Social Care has recommended the roll-out of e-prescribing systems in NHS hospitals needs
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Babylon 2
8 January 2018

CQC to be given power to rate online GP consultations

The Department of Health has announced the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is to be given the power to rate even
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7 December 2017

Government announces Life Sciences Sector Deal

The government has announced it is partnering up with the life sciences sector to ensure the UK is at the
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