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HSCN connections this year after delays – NHS Digital

Health and Social Care Network connections should be available before the end of the year, but a report to NHS
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1.1 million on NHSmail 2, push for social care expansion

More than a million people have now switched to NHSmail 2, with ambitions to extend the service to pharmacies and
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Healthcare IT news in brief

This week’s industry round-up includes a number of contract announcements from Hitachi, ANS and 6PM.
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Joe’s view: Can the NHS bear to be special?

Joe McDonald is worried that ā€œNHS specialā€ technology services are coming at too high a development and financial cost to
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Come hell or high water: North Cumbria opens IT-ready hospital

There has been little good news to come out of flood-hit Cumbria recently. But North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Laying the foundations for the digital revolution

Terry Espiner, client director - UK healthcare at Cisco Systems, talks to Digital Health editor Jon Hoeksma about why digital
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Special report: Cybersecurity

The Chancellor is warning of cyber terrorism. US healthcare organisations are under siege from hackers. Should the NHS be alarmed?
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Royal Brompton speeds up network

Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust is working with Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade its network infrastructure as part of a
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Brighton to recreate IT crash

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is recreating its IT crash last month in a lab environment to figure
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Brighton rocked by IT systems crash

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust declared a major incident last week after it lost access to clinical IT
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