A digital social prescribing system has been launched across Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB) in a bid to help meet growing demand for mental health support.
The Access Elemental Social Prescribing platform went…
NHS England has signed a contract with CLEO Systems for a stand-alone electronic prescribing solution, to be rolled out across pharmacies participating in the Independent Prescribing in Community Pharmacy Pathfinder Programme.
The aim of the…
Patient safety incidents relating to the use of online consultation tools by GPs have been underreported, according to an investigation from the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB).
HSSIB launched an investigation in June 2023,…
The British Medical Association’s (BMA) GP Committee (GPC) has warned that NHS England could use cloud-based telephony data to performance manage GP practices.GP practices were required to provide digital telephony data on eight metrics…
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NHS England has confirmed that its £300 million digital pathways framework has been cancelled, following delays caused by a legal claim.The framework was aimed at driving a rapid move to a modern general practice…
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Exclusive: NHS England has confirmed to Digital Health News that the 2024 Digital Maturity Assessment (DMA) survey will include primary care for the first time. The DMA is a survey, launched in 2023 to help…
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NHS England have announced funding of £48 million for integrated care boards (ICBs), as part of the Digital Pathways Framework, to fund capabilities relating to digital pathways and demand and capacity tools.The aim of…
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NHS leaders could save the healthcare system £1 billion a year by autumn 2026, if they were to adopt a new AI-led model of home healthcare from Cera, according to a study from Faculty.The…
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NHS England has awarded an £8.5 million contract to consultancy firm KPMG to “promote the adoption” of the federated data platform (FDP) by trusts and integrated care boards (ICBs).Following the publication of the contract…
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NHS England has suspended a new £300m framework to buy digital GP services after a “claim” was issue over the process, according to HSJ.The digital pathways framework was supposed to drive a rapid move…
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