NHS Hack Day, the event dedicated to “geeks who love the NHS”, is returning this weekend in Cardiff, following a three-year absence. Hack Day, which was last held in January 2020, also in Cardiff, will…
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GP practices are being encouraged to join a new national online service making registering patients quicker and easier. More than 900 GP practices – around one in seven nationally (14%) – have already enrolled for the…
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Richard Murray, the chief executive of the UK’s most influential health and care think tank and research organisation, has been confirmed as the opening keynote for Digital Health Summer Schools 2023.The CEO of The…
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University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust are to trial a new smart wound sensor that could help reduce the risk of amputation in people with diabetes.Researchers at the University of Nottingham…
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With news that Dr Tim Ferris is to depart as NHS England’s transformation director in September, Digital Health News editor-in-chief Jon Hoeksma considers what has been his track record on digitising the NHS and…
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The Children’s Health Impact Accelerator has launched to address the severe underinvestment in children’s health technology, compared to other areas of health tech within the NHS.The accelerator is a non-equity, startup programme based in…
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Effective digital triaging and consultation programs hold the promise of shifting pressures from overburdened parts of the NHS such as general practice and A&E. For Patrick Davey, a consultant cardiologist at Northampton General Hospital and…
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Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System has commissioned the Patients Know Best platform for its patients, to support fast access to personal health care records. The ICS has signed a three-year partnership with…
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Suffolk County Council’s Cassius was launched in July 2021 and since its introduction has saved Suffolk residents a collective 67,825 days in care homes, avoided 400 ambulance call outs and saved £8.8m in social…
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Digital transformation of the health service will only be successful if innovators feel free to experiment and those who control budgets are realistic about the timeline for change, speakers told the King’s Fund conference…
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