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Coronavirus
20 March 2020

Coronavirus news round-up: Digital Health debrief

This week saw a number of important developments concerning digital responses to coronavirus. Hereā€™s a recap of our coverage on
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Microsoft Teams
18 March 2020

Microsoft Teams to be rolled out across NHS in response to coronavirus

The roll-out of Microsoft Teams, the software giantā€™s workplace collaboration platform, is expected to play a prominent role in the
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13 March 2020

The Plug-In: Delivering on digital health commitments

The latest edition of the Plug-In examines the progress of the 'digital milestones' in NHS England's Long Term Plan, and
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Doctor on computer
10 March 2020

GPs urged to go digital to prevent spread of coronavirus

In a letter to GPs last week NHS England urged Britainā€™s 7,000 GP surgeries to reduce face-to-face appoints for patients
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11 February 2020

Patient data sent to global drug companies ‘may not be anonymous’

Patients whose medical information is of particular interest to international companies have already been identified, senior NHS officials claimed.
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19 December 2019

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
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12 December 2019

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
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Cartoon depitcting a crowd of people
22 November 2019

NHS England re-opens HSSF to LHCR and population health suppliers

The update to the framework, published in October, includes a separate lot for suppliers of technologies that fall within a
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Will Smart
21 November 2019

Will Smart: The NHS has proven it can do digital well

Former NHS England CIO Will Smart discusses IT leadership changes, learning from WannaCry and the future of the GDE and
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A set of weighing scales in an empty courthouse
8 November 2019

ā€˜Jury outā€™ on NHSX, says head of BCS Health and Care

Kinnear said the picture at the centre was already confused with multiple organisations, with the addition of NHSX muddling this
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