Tech transformation could be ‘pipe dream’ if nurses are ignored
Results from a consultation with nurses and midwives on what is needed for nursing to play its part in digital transformation have been published.
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Happy Birthday NHS: A look back at its digital milestones
As NHS celebrates its 70th birthday today, professor Daniel Ray, director of data at NHS Digital, reflects on the three major milestones in data and technology that have impacted the health service and how digital could transform it still further.
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Free NHS App to be available to all ‘by December’ following beta tests
Jeremy Hunt promised the app in September 2017 and has hailed it as a ‘world-first’ as it puts patients in the driving seat.
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Wirral University Teaching Hospital to feature in NHS 70 programme
The programme will highlight how the trust is using the digital Wirral Care Record, to overcome the health and social care challenges being faced.
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PM announces £20bn annual cash boost for NHS and points to value of tech
Theresa May has announced the health service’s annual budget will increase by 3.4% annually by 2023, describing it as a “birthday present” as the NHS nears its 70th anniversary.
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Babylon founder: ‘GP at Hand meets the needs of the NHS’
Ali Parsa sat down with Digital Health News at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) summit in London to talk about innovation within the NHS and how he believes innovators should not be afraid to “disrupt” the health tech market.
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Jeremy Hunt becomes longest serving Health Secretary
Appointed in 2012, Hunt as been a high profile figure in the media for his role in changing the junior doctors contract though he has pushed for better improvements to technology within the NHS.
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Research suggests asthma sufferers would share data
The ‘Data Sharing and Technology: Exploring the attitudes of people with asthma’ report, which was put together by Asthma UK revealed that of the 3000 people who took part in the survey, 83% felt comfortable to share their information for research purposes.
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Industry news in brief
This month’s industry round-up features news that Thames Hospice has become the first hospice to choose Docman Connect to digitise its transfer of clinical correspondence and the news that Leeds-based LDD Group Limited has gone into administration.
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Baroness Tessa Jowell to hand over medical data to global database
Baroness Tessa Jowell is to be the first cancer patient to hand over her medical data to a global database which aims to discover the next generation of cures for rare cancers.
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