Total cost of NHS contact-tracing app set to top £35 million
Some £25 million is expected to be spent on the new app, while £10 million was spent developing the original operating model that was abandoned in June.
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Diversity and inclusion must be ‘at the core’ of NHSX and digital leadership
Speaking at Connect 2020 Sonia Patel said diversity had to be at the core of the service offered to patients in order to reduce health inequalities.
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Government announces £50m diagnostic products under National AI Lab
A range of AI tools that can accurately analyse breast cancer screening scans and assess emergency stroke patients will be tested and scaled.
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NHS seeks supplier to continue Palantir’s work on Covid-19 data store
The platform is currently run by Palantir, which in July had it’s contract extended four months. The procurement process for suppliers began on 1 September.
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Covid-19 tracing tool to be built into phones, Apple and Google announce
The new exposure notification system will replace the need for users to install contact-tracing apps developed by public health bodies.
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Industry news in brief
This month’s industry round-up features news NHS Digital is rolling out electronic notifications from community pharmacies.
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Quicker access to a contact-tracing app would ‘bolster’ Test and Trace
Privacy expert Polly Sanderson said the Test and Trace system would likely operate better with an “integrated” technological solution.
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Timeline: Where are we at with the NHS contact-tracing app
Digital Health’s senior reporter, Andrea Downey, looks back at the NHS contact-tracing app, which was first announced back in March.
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Covid-19: New trial for England’s revamped NHS contact-tracing app
A trial for the new look NHS contact-tracing app has been launched today after NHSX abandoned its initial version in June due to technical faults.
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