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Use of digital services leads to drop in missed psychiatric appointments

Psychiatric counsellors seeing patients online during the pandemic recorded a drop in patients skipping appointments compared to face-to-face sessions.
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National call for innovations to tackle LGBT health inequalities

The Academic Health Science Networks and LGBT Foundation have joined forces to find new ways to address the health inequalities
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Sarah Wilkinson to step down as NHS Digital chief executive

Sarah Wilkinson is to step down as chief executive of NHS Digital after four years. Wilkinson will leave her role
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Royal Free patient first to receive smartphone connected defibrillator

A 61-year-old year old man has become the first patient at the Royal Free London to receive a new type
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NHS needs ‘smart digital foundations’ to support population health priorities

New targets in NHS England's priorities and operational guidance set out plans to build on capabilities delivered the pandemic for
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Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives

Our latest roundup of contracts and go lives in the world of healthcare IT features news from Greater Manchester Mental
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Nottinghamshire Council expands Servelec for interoperability with trusts

The solution is built on Servelec’s Conexes interoperability platform and was designed and developed by the council to support hospital
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Cheshire and Merseyside becomes regional hub for Covid-19 database

The consortium has integrated data across 13 trusts, providing researchers with access to 15 years of imaging data across 2.5
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One year later: How online triage has changed the face of general practice

Dr Thomas Patel-Campbell shares the experiences of Haxby Group GP practices after 12 months of using online triage and patient
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Child health records set to be digitised earlier than planned

Working with NHSX the government is bringing forward work to digitise the records, which contain babies’ information about their growth
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