NHS infrastructure ‘not fit for AI’, national report concludes
NHS IT infrastructure is “not fit for AI” and a “large push” towards standardisation is required if the benefits of the technology are to be realised, a new report has concluded.
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England’s acute trusts beat deadline for e-Referrals switch
In an announcement made at NHS Expo – currently taking place in Manchester – it was revealed 150 acute hospital trusts and 7,110 GP practices have moved to the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) for sending and receiving all first outpatient appointments.
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EPR divergence in a local area ‘will not be supported’ under HSLI
STPs will be expected to support a move to a standard electronic patient record system across all regional organisations under the HSLI programme.
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NHS England planning further waves of Global Digital Exemplars
NHS England is planning expansion of the GDE and LHCRE programmes as well as the creation of “system-wide eRostering and Bed Management Patient Flow exemplars”, documents seen by Digital Health News confirm.
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Exclusive: £412.5m allocated to STPs for provider digitisation
A prospectus for the £412.5 million Health System Led Investment (HSLI) programme was issued on 10 August to all STP leaders, but while spending plans will be developed across a local health economy, funding will go to individual providers.
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Potentially life-saving digital defibrillator map to be piloted
West Midlands Ambulance Service and the Scottish Ambulance Service will be the first trusts to trial the network before its national rollout.
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Senior GP resigns after posting views anonymously online
Arvind Madan, NHS England’s director of primary care, admitted posting anonymous comments on the website of GP magazine Pulse.
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London CCGs to roll out text reminder service for cervical cancer screening
From August, women registered with GP services in London will begin to receive text messages encouraging them to book screening appointments.
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NHS to receive £487m technology investment
New Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock says his top three priorities are workforce, technology and illness prevention.
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NHS England ‘to publish AI code of conduct later this year’
Harpreet Sood from NHS England said the documents will help provide ‘principles’, ‘guidance’ and ‘transparency’ for the use of AI within the NHS.
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