NHS login toolkit launched for approved platform developers
Providers of digital health and care services can now integrate NHS login into their platforms through the self-service toolkit, launched by NHS Digital.
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NHS ‘risks repeat of care.data in talks to commercialise medical records’
Secretive NHS talks to discuss the potential to commercialise 65 million patients’ records risked jeopardising patient trust, Professor Joe McDonald said.
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NHS bosses meet with tech giants to discuss commercial patient database
A secretive meeting, held on 24 October, saw discussions around collecting patient data to improve healthcare services and potentially profit from it.
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Family heartbreak inspires career change for NHS Digital data director
The loss of his daughter Scarlett just days before her due date led Daniel Ray to change his career to give back to the hospital that cared for his family.
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NHS staff unable to access NHSMail for an afternoon
NHS Digital tweeted at around 4pm on 5 November to say it was working with Accenture to restore the service as soon as possible.
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Why good cyber hygiene can help fight NHS data breaches
NHS Digital’s Rob Shaw, talks about the importance of good cyber hygiene to help fight data breaches and security risks in the NHS.
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Flu vaccine data to be shared between GPs and pharmacies
The pilot in Leeds sees electronic notifications about patients who have had their flu jab in a pharmacy sent to their GP via clinical systems.
Digital Patient
56 newcomers awarded agreements under GP IT Futures
NHS Digital has notified 69 suppliers of the intention to award them contracts under the new, £484 million general practice IT framework.
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Electronic Prescription Service to be rolled out nationally next month
The service will create a faster and more secure process for clinicians to prescribe and dispense medication, the Department of Health and Social Care said.
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Screening IT systems ‘unsafe’ and require ‘urgent’ upgrades, review finds
Current IT systems “cannot support the safe running of screening programmes”, Professor Sir Mike Richards found in his review of screening programmes.
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