NHS Long Term Plan

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New toolkit recommends Skype consults to cut hospital admissions

The toolkit could prevent up to 2,500 emergency admissions a year using digital services, saving up to £10 million according
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Digital tools prevent hundreds of sepsis deaths across three hospitals

Cambridge University Hospitals and Royal Berkshire have implemented a digital sepsis blueprint released in Febriary as part of the GDE
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Collaboration instead of competition ‘key for successful joined up care’

The Health and Social Care Committee said the NHS should not become a “monopoly” as it would not be in
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All hospitals and GPs to be connected to fibre optic broadband, Hancock says

The health secretary said the upgrade would support a promise made in the NHS Long Term Plan to improve the
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NHSE to roll out new digital portal to cut delays for care home beds

The tool can be used on any device and takes staff just 30 seconds to upload details of available beds.
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Special Report: Imaging PACS

The Long Term Plan formally enshrines the aim to create diagnostic imaging networks. As Jennifer Trueland reports, such setups will
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Remote-monitoring device for heart patients slashes Norfolk A&E visits

Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust equipped patients with devices that allowed them to monitor their vital signs in their
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Poll reveals scepticism surrounding NHS Long Term Plan digital milestones

One hundred readers took part in our poll which asked how many of the eight digital milestones set out in
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Digital is a valuable tool for prevention – and so rightly it’s at the heart of the long term plan

Digital is at the heart of the NHS Long Term Plan. Quite right too, argues Tara Donnelly – it can
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POLL: Will the digital milestones in the Long Term Plan be achieved on time?

One feature of the recently published NHS Long Term Plan was eight digital milestones which have been set by NHS
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