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14 February 2018

NIHR awards £4m to development of virtual reality treatments from NHS

The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) has awarded £4 million to the development of virtual reality (VR) treatments from
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10 January 2017

£60m of digital mental health funding goes on exemplars

The vast major of £67.7m funding announced for mental health will go on six new global digital exemplars, the Department
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A Scan4Safety barcode
4 January 2017

NHS barcode project aimed at improving patient safety

The humble barcode has been ubiquitous in retail for decades. Now the NHS is trying to use the technology to
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24 November 2016

‘Digital evangelist’ role at Department of Health

Department of Health are on the hunt for a new digital manager to add to their growing team.
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22 September 2016

Plan needed amid ‘confusing’ funding for a digital NHS

The government’s plan to digitally transform the NHS is at risk of losing credibility as plans and funding remain “confusing”,
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27 July 2016

Final three take Lorenzo deal

Three trusts have been granted central funding to deploy Lorenzo as an electronic patient record system, as part of the
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22 July 2016

Blackwood handed health IT

Nicola Blackwood has been handed responsibility for health IT in the post-Brexit shake-up of government.
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21 July 2016

NAO raps DH for ‘admin error’ that just kept NHS in black

The National Audit Office has rapped the Department of Health over the knuckles for the way it managed to avoid
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11 July 2016

National Programme for IT ends, but not for everyone

The National Programme for IT has finally come to an end, although the bill for the enormously expensive and controversial
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9 March 2016

Fujitsu case still going – and could last another two years

The Department of Health’s dispute with Fujitsu over the company’s exit from the National Programme for IT in 2008 was
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