NHS App expansion saves 1.5 million appointments
28 April 2025
1:30 PM
The government’s accelerated rollout of the NHS App has saved 1.5 million appointments and helped cut waiting times for patients.
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Voting opens for Digital Health Network Advisory Panel elections
28 April 2025
11:00 AM
Voting has opened for members of the Digital Health Networks to decide the members of the advisory panels for the 2025-2027 term.
Children’s Health Ireland signs five-year deal with Sectra
28 April 2025
8:30 AM
Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) has signed a five-year contract with medical imaging and cyber security company Sectra.
Applications open for University of Edinburgh’s AI accelerator
25 April 2025
1:30 PM
The University of Edinburgh has opened applications for its 2025 AI Accelerator programme.
Open Medical platform to support occupational therapy in Moray
25 April 2025
11:00 AM
The Rural Centre of Excellence for Digital Health and Care and Open Medical are creating a digital triage pathway for occupational therapy.
Drones could be used for NHS deliveries under new UK regulations
25 April 2025
8:30 AM
Drones could be deployed for NHS deliveries under new UK regulations planned for 2026, allowing flights beyond visual line of sight limit.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to launch 1,000-bed virtual ward
24 April 2025
1:30 PM
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and digital health company Doccla have announced plans to launch “Scotland’s largest virtual hospital”.
Lib Dem manifesto promises GPs by Skype
15 April 2015
The Liberal Democrats have promised to open up access to GPs by phone and Skype
Tory manifesto re-runs access pledge
14 April 2015
The Conservative Party has promised to continue the NHS transparency agenda and to give people
e-Referral Service ‘live on 15 June’
14 April 2015
The new NHS e-Referral Service will go-live on 15 June as part of plans to
Geisinger sets SMART apps on FHIR
14 April 2015
US healthcare provider, Geisinger Health System, has unveiled an EnrG suite of interoperable software applications,
US health CIOs catch on to phishing threat
13 April 2015
Cybersecurity has forced itself onto the agenda of US healthcare chief information officers and become
