Thousands of patient records are being reviewed after incorrect vaccination status codes were mistakenly logged in GP IT systems.
Integrated care boards (ICBs) have written to 337 GP practices after 57,000 records were identified as…
The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that allowing patients to book online GP appointments throughout the day could cause a spike in doctors’ workloads and create waiting lists.
Under changes to the GP contract…
(L to R) Lifeyear co-founders Siim Saare, Dr Eleanor Wicks and Timo Mitt (Credit: Lifeyear)
UK-Estonian health technology start-up Lifeyear has raised €2.8 million (£2.4m) to launch its remote patient management platform for cardiovascular…
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GP practices across England can now access new technology with the introduction of the first new core IT system for 25 years, NHS England has announced.
The electronic patient record system, created by Medicus Health,…
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust has signed a 15-year contract with SYNLAB for the delivery of a unified ‘hub and spoke’ pathology service.
The contract, which begins in October 2026, will bring together…
Clinical AI assistants will be made available to GP practices across the UK through a strategic partnership between TORTUS and X-on Health.
TORTUS’ Surgery Intellect ambient voice technology (AVT) listens to face-to-face and telephone consultations…
Accurx and Tandem Health have launched a tool across the NHS that transcribes, summarises and codes patient consultations into a trust’s clinical record.
The Accurx Scribe feature is built upon Tandem Health’s AI scribe with…
Figures from NHS England show that the number of practices which patients can join online has more than doubled in the last 12 months, with more than 6,150 practices supporting registration through the NHS…
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More than 60 GP practices in the south west of England have adopted a standardised website platform designed to encourage more patients to use online services.
Designed by digital agency Spindogs, the web and app…
An admin error dating back to 2008 meant that 5,261 patients weren’t invited for routine screening when their details failed to reach the correct IT systems.
The issue occurred when GP practices did not fully…
