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20 May 2022

Industry news in brief

This industry news in brief covers an award for Huma from Prix Galien International and Aire Logic's plans for the
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14 December 2020

Open call for digital technology to support NHS Health Check

Public Health England and ORCHA have issued an open call for digital health products that support the aims of NHS
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20 October 2020

Dido Harding assures no risk to patient data during Excel error

Baroness Dido Harding said there was “at no time any risk to patient data”, adding that it is kept securely
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15 October 2020

Dido Harding questioned on safety standards of using Microsoft Excel

It comes as nearly 16,000 Covid-19 cases went unreported between 25 September and 2 October, reportedly due to an error
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12 October 2020

Dido Harding faces calls to ‘consider her position’ in Test and Trace

Dido Harding is the executive chair of NHS Test and Trace and interim chair of of the newly announced Health
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Primary care staff are advised to leave systems switched off this morning
9 October 2020

‘Excel-gate’ highlights need for ‘quality technical capability’ in NHS

Using Microsoft Excel is not an uncommon “workaround” when managing data but organisations need to find a “more robust” way
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8 October 2020

How using Excel may have caused thousands of unreported Covid cases

The glitch was reportedly caused by an Excel spreadsheet reaching its maximum size and preventing new cases from being added
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5 October 2020

Investigation launched after IT error misses thousands of Covid-19 cases

A statement from Public Health England confirmed some 15,841 cases between 25 September and 2 October were left out of
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26 August 2020

McKinsey bags £560k deciding “vision” for new NHS Test and Trace body

A recently published contract revealed McKinsey was paid £563,400 for work focused on “creating a permanent organisation” to take Test
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18 August 2020

Dido Harding appointed interim chief of new health institute

Baroness Dido Harding, who heads NHS Test and Trace, said the new institute puts the UK in the “strongest position”
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