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NHS England buys 1600 iPhones

11 November 2013 12:00 AM

NHS England has spent more than £670,000 on iPhones and iPads for staff during its first year in existence.

Birmingham to offer PICS licence-free

11 November 2013 12:00 AM

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust will offer its Prescribing Information and Communication System to the NHS on a licence-free basis instead of “open-sourcing” it.

Plymouth uses speech recognition

11 November 2013 12:00 AM

Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust cleared a massive pathology report backlog and freed up significant staff time through the use of speech recognition technology.

Three CSUs explore ‘partnership’

8 November 2013 12:00 AM

North West London, South London and Kent and Medway commissioning support units are exploring a three-way partnership to secure a place on the ‘lead provider framework agreement’ being developed by NHS England.

New working party on dose monitoring

8 November 2013 12:00 AM

The Department of Health is to set up a new working party on radiation dose monitoring.

Greater Manchester makes paperless leap

8 November 2013 12:00 AM

All ten acute trusts in Greater Manchester will have stopped using paper to send discharge summaries to GP practices by the end of the month, and willl be sending correspondence electronically through PCTI’s EDT Hub.