NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have proposed a new route for medical technology developers to access NHS funding to fast-track innovative products for use by the healthcare…
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Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, which form the Acute Hospital Alliance, have announced plans to implement a shared electronic patient record…
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NHS England has announced proposals to increase access to virtual wards in a bid to cut avoidable hospital admissions and reduce emergency department (ED) waiting times.The plan follows an analysis by the Royal College…
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Kettering General Hospital and Northampton General Hospital have become the first of 44 pilot sites to transition to a local instance of the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP).The FDP enables the hospitals, which form…
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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 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 is currently recruiting for a new national chief clinical information officer (CCIO) to lead the Transformation Directorate’s Digital Clinical Informatics team.The job listing was posted on the NHS Jobs website on Friday…
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Following a national patient safety alert cautioning trusts about Euroking’s maternity EPR and a June deadline to ensure configurations are safe, more than a dozen NHS trusts have confirmed they are moving or planning…
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Upgraded phone technology has been rolled out across the country, enabling more patients to get through to their GP surgery for an appointment.Almost every GP practice in England has upgraded their phone systems as…
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A new report from the Digital Coalition has found that while patients in England value the NHS App, some users find the information they can access limiting.The report is based on the findings from…
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