NHS Digital has announced the NHS e-Referral Service has hit 100 million bookings and the NHS Spine has reached one billion transactions. Currently the e-referral service is booking around 400,000 referrals every week. The announcement from NHS Digital comes as new guidance has been launched for GPs to ensure they are […]
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NHS banned from buying fax machines
Matt Hancock has banned the NHS from buying fax machines and has ordered a complete phase-out by April 2020. NHS trusts will instead be required to invest in new technology to replace outdated systems. The ban on buying fax machines takes effect from January 2019. They will be phased out […]
NHS Digital launches pilot for EPS Phase 4
NHS Digital has launched a pilot that could see more than 95% of GP prescriptions processed electronically. Eight GP practices across England are piloting Phase 4 of the EPS this year, followed by further practices in 2019. If the pilot is successful, the new functionality will be made available to all GP […]
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent selected for NHS Test Bed Programme
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent has received £1.2m of new NHS funding to utilise innovative digital technologies and treatments that could lead to thousands of fewer hospital admissions nationally. The area is one of seven locations nationwide to become part of the NHS Test Beds programme. Clinicians at Royal Stoke University Hospital […]
Two apps join NHS Apps Library
Two innovative startups have joined the NHS Apps Library; the TrackActive and iPrescribe Exercise Apps. TrackActive was founded five years ago by Ian Prangley, a professional sports coach and physio who hopes that TrackActive will change the face of treatment for musculoskeletal injury by helping to keep patients active and recover […]
North of England receives £10m government investment for AI and digital pathology
Leeds researchers have been awarded a £10.1m investment from UK Research and Innovation to expand a digital pathology and artificial intelligence programme across the North of England. The successful partnership bid led by the University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals embraces a network of nine NHS hospitals, seven universities, […]
Genomics England selects Congenica to provide clinical decision support services
Genomics England has chosen Congenica as its Clinical Decision Support Service partner to help deliver the new NHS Genomic Medicine Service, which rolls out this month. The decision follows a competitive tender process involving the leading providers of genomic diagnostic decision support. Congenica’s SapientiaTM platform was selected using robust criteria […]
Patients start testing new NHS App
The NHS App provides a simple and secure way to access a range of healthcare services on a smartphone or tablet. Developed by NHS Digital and NHS England, it is now being tested by patients at 30 GP practices across England. The NHS App will be rolled out gradually across […]
Cerner selected for NHS framework to support integrated care and population health
Cerner has joined NHS England’s new Health Systems Support Framework (HSSF) to support Integrated Care Systems and Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships. The company has qualified for 6 lots as part of the new framework where NHS England aims to build a ‘one-stop-shop’ for STPs and ICS partners to make faster and better […]
NHS opens international search for new innovations
NHS England is calling on the best innovators from across the world to apply to join two schemes that aim to ensure NHS patients benefit from new technology faster. Two programmes that look to spread innovation across the NHS have opened for new applications as NHS England once again champions […]
