NHS Scotland

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24 September 2020

‘A customisable approach’ – how contact-tracing apps differ in the UK

Scotland and Ireland chose to go their own way, working with software developers NearForm to develop their contact-tracing app -
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14 September 2020

Scotland launches UKs second Covid-19 contact-tracing app

The Protect Scotland app is designed as an “extra tool” to support the manual contact-tracing already in place under NHS
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7 November 2019

Scottish GP practices to benefit from £9m for IT upgrades

The funding will be used to improve internet connectivity and support the deployment of Attend Anywhere, an online virtual clinic.
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24 October 2019

Digital nutritional support system goes live in Scottish care homes

Whenever there is cause for concern, care home staff use the service to refer residents to dietitians via a digital
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6 February 2019

Three suppliers chosen to supply GP IT software in Scotland

EMIS Health, Microtest and Vision are tasked with developing an IT Managed Services Framework to meet the needs of Scottish
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5 December 2018

Dedalus named latest supplier for Scotland ePMA framework

The £15m framework covers 14 regional health boards and two national hospitals, including the State Psychiatric and the Golden Jubilee.
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4 December 2018

NHS Education for Scotland publishes tech guide for healthcare staff

The Technology Enabled Care resource includes a series of online learning modules where participants can brush up on wearable devices,
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14 November 2018

Life Sciences Scotland connects start-ups with NHS health boards

A new online tool aims to help start-ups quickly find contacts within NHS Scotland with a view to promoting collaboration
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2 November 2018

NHS Scotland to move to Windows 10 in ‘landmark’ Microsoft deal

The agreement, which covers a period of three years, also sees all 161,000 NHS Scotland employees migrated to Microsoft Office
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16 May 2018

NHS Scotland to link all labs through National Pathology Exchange

All NHS labs in Scotland will be linked through the National Pathology Exchange network following the approval of NHS Scotland
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