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Woman Using Fitness Tracker To Count Calories For Post Workout Juice Drink SHe Is Making
16 April 2025

Digital coaching firm Holly Health partners with Patients Know Best

Digital health coaching service Holly Health will be available through the NHS App through a colloboration with Patients Know Best
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A framed NHS poster promoting online GP services is displayed against a white tiled wall. The poster has a blue background with bold white text that reads, “Save time. Go online.” Below, it states that the website is the fastest way to access GP services.
24 March 2025

Website aims to boost online access to GP services in SW England

More than 60 GP practices SW England have adopted a standardised website platform designed to encourage more patients to use
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13 March 2025

More than 5,000 vital NHS screenings missed due to IT oversight

An admin error meant more than 5,200 patients weren't invited to routine screening because their details didn't reach the right
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Ben Standeven, from SCALE talking to a nurse about Pocketalk
17 December 2024

Southampton GPs trial handheld translation device for patients

A network of GP surgeries in Southampton have boosted communication with non-English-speaking patients following a trial of Pocketalk.
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GP types on a laptop
6 December 2024

Accurx calls for modern GP access to be spread to all practices

Accurx, has published a report calling for NHSE's modern GP access model to be spread to all practices, so help
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28 November 2024

Humber and North Yorkshire ICB signs N3i to digitise primary care

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) has signed technology firm N3i to help digitise its primary care
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NHS Scotland
21 November 2024

Digital Dermatology pathway for primary care launched in Scotland

An app aimed to helping faster diagnosis and assessment of skin conditions is being rolled out across primary care in
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5 November 2024

GPs face EMIS IT outage at busiest time of the week

An outage to the EMIS IT system caused “chaos” for GPs in England when access was cut off to appointment
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Doctor and Patient in a consulting room at a GP surgery
21 October 2024

One in three GPs say their work computers are ‘not fit for purpose’

One in three GPs say their work computer is not fit for purpose, while more than 50% report data-sharing challenges,
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GP using computer
1 October 2024

NHSE says IT should flag patient safety issues in primary care

New patient safety guidance from NHS England says that primary care’s IT systems should automatically flag patient safety issues.
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