NHS Digital proposes analytics service to disrupt market
NHS Digital is proposing to create a “clear, baseline analytical service”, according to a paper with significant implications for the business intelligence market.
AI and Analytics

Severe NHSmail delays should have eased – NHS Digital
But some NHSmail services could still be experiencing delays caused by an inadvertent email to 840,000 users, and the subsequent flood of ‘reply-all’ emails.
Infrastructure

Whoops, I sent an email to 840,000 NHS accounts
It started with a mistaken email to every NHS account in England. But it was the replies that brought one of the country’s biggest email services to a near standstill.
Infrastructure

Information Governance network launched
NHS England has set up a new information governance network in a further sign that big changes are coming for the IG Toolkit.
Cyber Security

Social care faces big IT challenges – report
The NHS may be facing a steep climb in the quest for digital transformation but spare a thought for social care organisations.
News

Criminal investigation after trust downed in cyber attack
Police are now investigating after a computer virus shut down three northern hospitals for four days.
Cyber Security

IG Toolkit to be scrapped as part of security reboot – Shaw
The information governance toolkit is likely to be “scrapped” as part of a packet of funding to improve cyber security in the NHS, Rob Shaw, NHS Digital’s chief operating officer, has told EHI LIve in Birmingham.
Cyber Security

Health CIO National Conference next week
NHS Digital chief executive Andy Williams will be joined by a wide range of speakers at the Health CIO National Conference next week.
Health CIO

National exemplars should include non-acute – Gordon
The next round the “exemplars” should be expanded to include non-acute trusts, the chairman of NHS Digital says.
News

NHS Digital’s plans for a digital NHS
The NHS is taking another run at digital transformation. At a national level, much of the “heavy lifting” is falling to NHS Digital. Ben Heather talks to three of the new organisation’s leaders about what coming for a digital NHS.
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