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14 May 2020

NHS Wales launches data hub to manage Covid-19 demand

It includes GP appointments; emergency department capacity; calls to NHS 111; statistics for positive tests; the number of beds; and
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Too doctors looking at a computer screen
11 March 2020

Patient data now viewable across all Welsh health boards

Healthcare professionals in Wales can now access digital patient information across all health board organisational boundaries, NWIS has announced.
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3 January 2020

All radiology reports now available through Welsh Clinical Portal

The go live means clinicians in all Welsh hospitals can now view both radiology and pathology test results from across
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the Medicines Homecare team, with team manager Reuben Morgan far left
13 December 2019

NHS Wales automates critical prescriptions in Swansea hospital

Automation software used by Morriston Hospital in Swansea has cut the time it takes to deliver prescriptions to patients with
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25 October 2019

‘Unacceptable delays’ see Microtest lose NHS Wales GP contract

Microtest had been contracted to deliver its clinical systems to Welsh GPs after being awarded onto Wales’s primary care IT
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A sign for the A&E department at a hospital in Wales
3 October 2019

NHS Wales to receive £50m digital reboot in long-needed IT overhaul

Alongside £50m in new funding, the reformed NHS Wales will appoint a CDO who will help define national standard for
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Wales Flag
28 June 2019

NHS Wales signs £39m three-year deal with Microsoft

GPs, consultants, nurses, therapists, paramedics and support staff, will all be able to communicate and securely share information easily within
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29 November 2018

Wales invests £3m to improve access to digital health services

The money forms part of the new Digital Inclusion and Health programme, which will help staff and patients engage with
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Outdated IT
13 November 2018

NHS Wales Informatics Service heavily criticised for focus on ‘outdated’ IT

The National Assembly for Wales’ Public Accounts Committee published a report which looked into IT systems being used in NHS
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Patients Know Best
29 August 2018

Welsh patients know best after being given access to their records

Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board is the first board in Wales to offer access to the Patients Know Best
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