NHS Spine

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Dr Bahman Nedjat-Shokouhi, NHS consultant gastroenterologist and chief executive of Medefer
11 March 2025

Medefer refutes claim that security flaw left patient data vulnerable

Online healthcare provider Medefer has denied claims that its application programming interface (API) left NHS patient data vulnerable.
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4 January 2024

NHS data centres now fully decommissioned following Spine move to cloud

NHS England have confirmed that all data centres have now been decommissioned following the successful move of NHS Spine to
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2 March 2023

Somerset County Council goes live with Rio EPR

The first local authority to deploy an electronic patient record is Somerset County Council, who has gone live with the
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4 January 2019

NHS Spine reaches one billion monthly transactions for the first time

NHS Digital said the latest figures shows a growing demand in digital services across the sector, with the platform handling
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3 January 2017

Predictions for the year ahead: UK digital health leaders on 2017

In the second part of a two-part look ahead to 2017, Digital Health News asked some UK digital health leaders
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21 January 2016

‘No smartcard’ Spine apps on way: HSCIC

NHS staff will soon be able to get mobile access to the NHS Spine without the use of a smartcard.
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12 August 2009

Time to change the record?

E-Health Insider's Sarah Bruce gauges reaction to the Conservatives' response to the independent review of NHS IT.
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11 August 2009

Renegotiating LSP deals may prove costly

A senior industry analyst has compared the potential cost of renegotiating the NHS’s local service provider contracts, worth £4 billion, to
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10 August 2009

Conservatives pledge to ‘halt’ LSP deals

The Conservative party has pledged to scrap the NHS Spine and halt and re-negotiate the two main contracts with BT
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31 July 2009

London carnival on hold for RiO

Further implementations of the latest RiO community and mental health software in London and the South have been put on
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