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20 May 2020

Seven NHS trusts using video calling platform for virtual visits

Seven NHS Trusts are using technology developed by WiFi SPARK in to help connect hospital patients with their loved ones
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19 May 2020

Draft bills calls for greater assurance of privacy in contact-tracing app

If the bill becomes law, government would be required to set up an independent contact-tracing app Privacy Tzar to monitor
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19 May 2020

Digital Health Unplugged: May news team debrief

Join Andrea Downey, Hannah Crouch and Jon Hoeksma as they look at the whether the app will be successful and
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NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app
19 May 2020

Government ‘cannot rely on contact-tracing app to ease lockdown’

It is “critical” that capacity for contact-tracing is advanced for “further stages of managing the epidemic”, according to a government
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18 May 2020

Government roadmap hints at more use of tele-medicine and remote care

The government will look for “innovative operating models” for the NHS and other health and care settings as the country
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15 May 2020

Unreliable contact-tracing apps ‘could provide false sense of security’

The ethics advisory board tasked with overseeing the NHS contact-tracing app has raised concerns about the reliability of an app
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15 May 2020

Google Analytics trackers in contact-tracing app code ‘risks re-identification’

NHSX has always maintained the code for the contact-tracing app would be made publicly available, but currently only the front-end
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14 May 2020

NHS contact-tracing app ‘falls short of data protection law’

Michael Veale, a lecturer in digital rights at University College London, found the app does not comply with UK law
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13 May 2020

NHSX ‘working on second tracing app using Apple and Google tech’

Talks have reportedly intensified between NHSX and Apple and Google, including how the NHS might change its course on contact-tracing.
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Digital Health News Poll
12 May 2020

Digital Health poll reveals reader’s opinions on NHS contact-tracing app

Digital Health News asked our readers what they thought of the contact-tracing app and the results revealed they don't believe
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