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VR surgical simulator first to receive Royal College accreditation

It’s the first simulation with HapticVR to receive CPD points and will cover the Fundamental Surgery total hip replacement training
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Suggestion NHSX will be funded by NHS Digital restructure is withdrawn

NHSX launched in shadow form in early April, along with a new website outlining what the organisation is and what
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London ambulance staff to be given real-time access to patient data

The NHS Identity Service pilot will give medics access to crucial information about a patient, without the patient having to
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Mobile health and apps news in brief

Our latest apps news roundup features Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust have partnering with Q Doctor to provide video
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New guidance to safeguard patients issued to online pharmacies

Duncan Rudkin, chief executive of the General Pharmacuetical Council said online services need to be “safe and effective” for patients.
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Imperial College opens £20m centre to develop dementia-friendly homes

The care research and technology centre joins six national discovery science centres that collectively make up the UK Dementia Research
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Special Report: Diagnostic Digital Pathology

Both NHS staff and vendors say the interest in diagnostic digital pathology is growing. So could this previously larger analogue
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Digital service which gives access to child health information is launched

NHS Digital and NHS England have worked with IT suppliers to create the National Events Management Service to allow access
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Blackpool clinical staff benefit from GP data access

Pharmacists, doctors and nurses now have real-time access to 300,000 patient records from 40 GP practices via the Medical Interoperability
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Northern Ambulance Alliances saves £1m using Civica fleet software

The software replaces the existing fleet management systems with a system which is hoped will reduce vehicle costs through more
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