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More cities to control health budgets

15 May 2015 12:00 AM

Chancellor George Osborne has opened the way for more big cities to take control of local healthcare budgets.

Choosing Wisely set for digital support

14 May 2015 12:00 AM

Doctors are likely to have access to online modules about the dangers of overprescribing medicines and communicating these to patients with the UK launch of the Choosing Wisely campaign by the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges.

BSI publishes apps development standard

14 May 2015 12:00 AM

The British Standards Institution has published a set of standards to support developers creating health and wellness apps.

Lancashire uses digital sleep aid

13 May 2015 12:00 AM

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust is giving patients access to an app to help people with sleeping problems.

Kent babies are ‘born to move’

13 May 2015 12:00 AM

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust has launched a mobile app to help parents of newborn babies and young children with brain development and physical activity.

Delay to 700,000 patient opt-outs

12 May 2015 12:00 AM

The Health and Social Care Information Centre is “extremely concerned” that 700,000 patient objections to having their identifiable data shared have yet to be enacted more than a year on from being registered with a GP.

RCP apps guidance attacked

12 May 2015 12:00 AM

Recent guidance from the Royal College of Physicians that says doctors should only use medical apps carrying a CE mark has come under fire from Charles Lowe, managing director of the Digital Health and Care Alliance.