Digital responses to Covid-19

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13 May 2021

Virtual wards and AI form part of £160m NHSE funding boost

Devon Integrated Care System (ICS) will use the funding to deliver virtual wards so patients can receive medical support from
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29 April 2021

Hancock pledges £37m for new ‘data-driven initiatives’

The funding will be used to deliver better research, treatment, care and improve clinical decision making, Matt Hancock said in
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28 April 2021

NHS App to be used as Covid-19 passport, transport secretary confirms

Grant Shapps confirmed the app will be used a Covid-19 passport to prove vaccination status, or negative test, before going
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Microsoft Teams
27 April 2021

Microsoft Teams and other 365 services back up and running

Microsoft Teams is used by numerous NHS organisations. In March 2020 NHS Digital rolled Microsoft Teams out across the entire
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26 April 2021

NHS Digital’s online Covid-19 dashboard used three million times

The tool, provided by NHS Digital, allows users to check virus cases within ten miles of their postcode, as well
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NHS Covid-19 App
7 April 2021

NHS Covid-19 app to share user’s venue check-in data

The update to the NHS Covid-19 app is due to be rolled out before venues including non-essential shops, gyms and
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Silhouettes and binary code patient data
30 March 2021

Palantir’s contract ‘won’t be extended without public consultation’

Foxglove and openDemocracy have announced the government “conceded” it would not offer Palantir a long-term role in the NHS without
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26 March 2021

NHS needs ‘smart digital foundations’ to support population health priorities

New targets in NHS England's priorities and operational guidance set out plans to build on capabilities delivered the pandemic for
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25 March 2021

Cheshire and Merseyside becomes regional hub for Covid-19 database

The consortium has integrated data across 13 trusts, providing researchers with access to 15 years of imaging data across 2.5
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Saffron Cordery
15 March 2021

Rewired 2021: Boards delivered changes that ‘weren’t possible’ pre-Covid

Speaking on the first day of Digital Health Rewired 2021 Saffron Cordery said digital changes happened at pace, with purpose,
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