The big squeeze?
With NHS England highlighting savings of £1.2 billion on medicines in three years coming from both deals on generics and new innovative treatments, Leela Barham […]
NHS Digital
Ex-NHS Digital head says merger into NHS England is a mistake
The former chair of NHS Digital has slammed the decision to absorb the unit into NHS England as a “significant retrograde step” that could undermine […]
NHS Digital, NHSX will be absorbed into NHS England
It has been confirmed that NHS Digital and NHSX are to be incorporated into NHS England as part of a major shake-up of the health […]
NHS patient data upload delayed by two months, says UK
The UK’s decision to set back the start date of a new patient data-sharing scheme by two months has been welcomed by privacy campaigners, who […]
Campaigners challenge NHS England’s latest plan to share patient data
Remember the Care.data debacle? Now, a new move by NHS England to move the records of 55 million patients into a database that will be […]
NHS Digital tweaks e-referral system to hospitals
NHS Digital has tweaked its electronic referral system, to smoothen the process of making a hospital appointment. The e-Referral Service (e-RS) is used by primary […]
NHS Digital awards £8m COVID record contract to X-lab
The UK government agency NHS Digital has awarded an £8m digital system that processes coronavirus test results to healthcare software specialist X-Lab without competition. According […]
NHS digital triage provider to expand with £5m investment
Equity investor Gresham House has invested £5m into the NHS’s digital triage provider eConsult Health, allowing the service to expand to meet demand during the […]
Healthcare tech firms team up on consultation tools for GPs
Three UK companies have combined their digital health technologies into a single remote consultation service for GP surgeries combining triage, video calls, patient messaging and […]
