Letter
16 November 2018

Error means 48,000 women have not received cervical cancer screening information

Capita has apologised after it was revealed thousands of women were not sent reminder letters for cervical cancer screening, and
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app round up
16 November 2018

Mobile health and apps news in brief

Our latest mobile health and apps round-up features news that a 'brain training app' could help people who suffer from OCD
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A person on their phone using Skype
15 November 2018

NHS England medical director calls for trusts and CCGs to embrace Skype

Stephen Powis is calling for the NHS to use technology to help the outpatient system and says now is the
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15 November 2018

Digital guide for ‘pregnancy, birth and beyond’ launched for parents

Women across north west London now have access to an app which provides a single source of trusted NHS information
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NHS Digital logo
14 November 2018

NHS Digital confirms end of patient data sharing with Home Office

The agreement meant the Home Office could access patient data – including non-clinical information – for the purpose of tracing
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Streams - Google Deepmind App
13 November 2018

DeepMind’s Streams technology team to join Google

The app helps detect early signs of kidney failure and is currently being used at the Royal Free Hospital in
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Outdated IT
13 November 2018

NHS Wales Informatics Service heavily criticised for focus on ‘outdated’ IT

The National Assembly for Wales’ Public Accounts Committee published a report which looked into IT systems being used in NHS
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Wais Shaifta Push Doctor
13 November 2018

Push Doctor confirms new CEO after founder’s summer departure

Wais Shaifta, who previously served as the company’s chief operating officer, assumed the role of acting chief executive in July.
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Sepsis
13 November 2018

Four trusts to pilot respiratory rate mobile device

The selected trusts will all pilot RespiraSense during an eight-week set-up phase and then could have the chance of getting
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12 November 2018

East Kent deploys Allscripts’ Sunrise PAS

The trust switched to AllScripts’ system in a three-day operation at the start of October and migrating 42 million records from
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