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A fax machine sits behind a waste paper bin filled with crumpled paper
30 September 2019

Trusts set to miss Axe the Fax deadline due to ‘concerning lack of progress’

Trusts with the most fax machines have collectively axed just 42% of them, with less than six months to go
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Pager
18 June 2019

Calls for BMA to oppose Hancock’s ‘ill-conceived’ ban on outdated tech

Setting “arbitrary dates” to stop using outdated technology like pagers and fax machines puts patients “at risk”, regional medical council
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19 February 2019

Prescription information ‘accidentally faxed’ to hotel group

NHS England’s corporate information government team has warned a number of faxes had been sent to a hotel group over
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13 February 2019

Leeds Teaching Hospitals pilots eFax after missing ‘Axe the Fax’ target

Last year the trust pledged to bin 320 of its fax machines by January 1, 2019 as part of the campaign,
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A businesswoman uses a fax machine
10 December 2018

NHS banned from buying new fax machines as Hancock orders phase-out

Matt Hancock has banned NHS organisations from buying new fax machines beyond January 2019, under plans to remove them from
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