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12 June 2024

Scottish Government invests Ā£3.6m in Hospital at Home for older people

The Scottish Government has announced an additional investment of Ā£3.6 million to fund its Hospital at Home initiative for older
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Coffee Time Briefing
4 June 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā˜•

Tuesday's coffee time briefing includes the news that the Scottish government will fund the roll-out of closed loop technology.
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3 June 2024

Infix national theatre scheduling tool to be rolled out across Scotland

A national theatre scheduling tool that reduces hospital waiting times and enhances operating theatre efficiency is to be rolled out
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22 May 2024

Scottish Government ā€˜Cloud Firstā€™ strategy delayed following budget review

The Scottish Government has confirmed that its ā€˜Cloud Firstā€™ digital health strategy has been delayed following a recent budget review
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Cyber Protection
10 May 2024

NHS Dumfries and Galloway working with NCSC after 3TB data leak

NHS Dumfries and Galloway are working with the National Cyber Security Centre following the publication of around three terabytes of
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18 January 2024

Digital health companies progress to CivTech accelerator stage

Three digital health companies focused on providing support to women during menopause have advanced to the CivTech Round 9 Accelerator.
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4 February 2016

NHS 24 admits IT “systemic failure”

A frank report to the Scottish Governmentā€™s Public Accounts Committee has admitted that ā€œsystemic failureā€ is responsible for the ongoing
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14 October 2015

NHS 24 IT system Ā£41m over budget

The IT to support Scotland's health information service, NHS 24, is two year's late and significantly over budget, according to
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11 April 2014

Ā£2.2m to deploy digital wards

The Scottish government has found Ā£2.2m to support the development and roll-out of a digital patient tracking system across Scotland.
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14 November 2013

Glasgow praised for IT crash response

A report has blamed a ā€œrare corruptionā€ of an Active Directory database for a major computer crash at NHS Greater
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