digitisation

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25 June 2024

Three things we must do now to prevent patient harm from digital tech

In the wake of reports linking IT flaws to deaths of patients, and the recent cyber attack on pathology in
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Blood test, hepatitis C, NHS England
18 March 2024

Community Diagnostic Centres deliver over seven million vital checks

Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) have delivered more than seven million tests, checks and scans on NHS patients across the country.
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15 March 2024

Rewired 2024: Funding pledge provokes opportunities and challenges

NHS IT investment is a vote of confidence in digital leaders but brings complex questions about digitisation and its impact,
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18 July 2023

The government must back its vision for digital with funding

Tech companies who have invested heavily in the healthcare market could do much more to help their NHS partners. But
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10 July 2023

How unlocking the data secrets of our health past, could shape the NHS’ future

Ted Reynolds, Head of Healthcare for Restore Digital, explores the role data derived from archived patient records could play in
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14 June 2023

Labour would modernise health service, overhaul NHS App – Streeting 

Labour will streamline the process for innovators in the health service and overhaul the NHS App if it is elected to
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4 April 2023

DHSC next steps to support social care cuts workforce investment in half

The DHSC has published an announcement on adult social care that allocates £100m for digitisation in the sector but cuts
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17 February 2023

Government progress on digitising the NHS ‘inadequate’ says Commons Expert Panel

The Government is making inadequate progress on vital commitments to digitise the NHS, an independent expert panel has found, with
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25 January 2023

NHS workforce: Standards for a digital staff passport will help the NHS simplify and improve recruitment

In the first of a new series from the Professional Record Standards Body, Professor Bernard Crump explains why digitisation is
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