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NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app
13 August 2020

Covid-19: New trial for England’s revamped NHS contact-tracing app

A trial for the new look NHS contact-tracing app has been launched today after NHSX abandoned its initial version in
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Birmingham Community Healthcare
13 August 2020

Emergency planning hub introduced at Birmingham Community Healthcare

A digital emergency planning hub has allowed staff at Birmingham Community Healthcare to make better use of their time during
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12 August 2020

NHS bosses to develop digital pathways that ‘increase inclusion’

In new guidance issued by NHS England leaders told to review who is using new 111, primary, outpatient and mental
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NHS 111 Coronavirus
12 August 2020

Period of reflection post-Covid-19 is needed to learn about NHS innovation

A period of reflection on what has been learnt in terms of the nature of innovation in the NHS during
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11 August 2020

Digital Health Unplugged: August news team debrief

Senior reporter Andrea Downey, editor Hannah Crouch and editor-in-chief Jon Hoeksma look at if the NHS is at a stage
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11 August 2020

Lessons from Covid – what has worked and what hasn’t

The Digital Healthcare Council’s director, Graham Kendall, outlines what has worked during the Covid-19 pandemic and what needs to change.
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6 August 2020

Northern Ireland launches UKs first Covid-19 contact-tracing app

The contact-tracing app uses Bluetooth technology to notify users if they have come into contact with someone who has tested
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Contact-Tracing App
6 August 2020

Is the NHS’ digital transformation at risk?

The coronavirus pandemic has seen a surge in virtual GP vists, Rory Tanner explores why not all tech has lived
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6 August 2020

UKRI offers £5m for research into Covid-19 impact on BAME people

The funding is for ideas that address the vulnerability of BAME groups to Covid-19, or emerging social economic and cultural
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5 August 2020

An app for the next pandemic

As the government is advised to improve its Test and Trace Programme, Dr Philip Scott, from BCS, explores how we
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