£4 billion emergency radio system “not yet proven”
A Commons’ Public Accounts Committee says the Emergency Services Network for ambulance, police and fire services is behind schedule and faces “very challenging” technology issues.
Infrastructure

4G network from EE helps County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust go paperless
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is using a 4G network from EE to make sure its community nurses can update records in real time; enabling them to see more patients while benefiting from a better work-life balance.
Digital Patient

NHS Doncaster CCG revolutionises skin treatment
This case study explains how deploying wi-fi devices to GPs and nurses that use the EE 4G network has improved skin cancer diagnosis times; and kept patients out of hospital.
Digital Patient

Mobile and app round-up
This month’s round-up of apps and mobile developments includes a link-up between Philips and Amazon, new mobile tools for the NHS from EE, new apps, roll-outs, and research.
Digital Patient

London air ambulance launches app
London’s Air Ambulance charity has launched a new mobile app to transmit incident information more rapidly and reduce dispatch times by up to two minutes.
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