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”.
Warrington to deploy Lorenzo EPR
9 March 2015
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is set to deploy the Lorenzo electronic patient
Ealing midwives take to tablets
9 March 2015
Ealing Hospital has gone live with a new offline information system that lets midwives keep
HP launches open source EPR for UK
6 March 2015
Hewlett Packard has launched the UK version of its electronic patient record system through NHS
NIB looking for quick wins
6 March 2015
The newly established National Information Board has said it needs some “quick wins” to convince
BSI to publish apps standards
6 March 2015
The British Standards Institution is set to publish guidelines on the development of healthcare apps
