Family heartbreak inspires career change for NHS Digital data director
The loss of his daughter Scarlett just days before she her due date led Daniel Ray 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.
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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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Rob Shaw announces he will leave NHS Digital at Christmas
NHS Digital’s deputy CEO will leave the organisation in December to pursue a consulting career, and joins a growing list of high-profile exits from the NHS in 2019.
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NHS Digital launches IT security awareness campaign
The Keep I.T. Confidential campaign aims to educate staff across the NHS on common-sense IT security practice and the impact of data and cyber security on patient safety.
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Hearing and sight loss patients trained to use digital health tools
The project is designed to find out more about the challenges faced by people with hearing and sight loss when making and attending GP appointments.
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