SEC Ambulance Service disrupted by significant IT issues
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) is continuing to suffer “significant IT system issues”, but the incident is no longer critical.
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NHS Digital’s Prof Jonathan Benger awarded CBE for ‘services to the NHS’
NHS Digital’s Professor Jonathan Benger has been awarded a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year’s Honours List for ‘services to the NHS’.
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Use of digital NHS service soar throughout 2020 due to Covid-19
Figures have revealed that NHS digital services have experienced surge in usage throughout 2020 as people looked to access healthcare remotely.
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Advanced helping self-isolating clinicians take NHS 111 calls from home
Advanced has helped clinicians in self isolation to continue to take NHS 111 calls after it extended its patient management system, Adastra.
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Demand for NHS tech soars during coronavirus outbreak
Since being made available across the entire NHS to support remote working during the Covid-19 outbreak use of Teams has surged by more than 800%.
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NHS launches text message support service for people with Covid-19
Daily texts will be sent by the NHS to new patients who register their Covid-19 symptoms and contact details with the NHS 111 online service.
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Coronavirus news round-up: Digital Health debrief
This week saw a number of important developments concerning digital responses to coronavirus. Here’s a recap of our coverage on Digital Health News.
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Sick notes to be automated through NHS 111 to prevent Covid-19 spread
People will be able to provide a note to their employer without having face-to-face contact with GP services, reducing the risk of the virus spreading.
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COVID-19: More than one million access NHS 111 support for coronavirus
More than one million people have used a dedicated NHS online support service for coronavirus since it was launched on 4 March, NHS England has said.
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