NHS Digital makes improvements to e-referral service following feedback
NHS Digital has made improvements to the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) after receiving feedback from GPs and consultants. The service is used as a tool by primary care clinicians to …
NHS Digital reviewing algorithm after women incorrectly told to shield
NHS Digital is reviewing a technology that identifies new people who could be at risk of Covid-19 after it incorrectly identified groups of women as needing to shield. The QCovid …
Colleagues pay tribute to ‘wise’ and ‘passionate’ Dame Fiona Caldicott
Colleagues have continued to pay tribute to “wise” and “passionate” Dame Fiona Caldicott as her family set up a charity page in her honour. NHS Digital chief executive, Sarah Wilkinson, …
Digital Health Unplugged: Who leads on NHS IT?
The latest edition of Digital Health Unplugged delves into the roles of NHSX and NHS Digital and who should be taking the lead when it comes to NHS IT. Last …
Digital innovation must be ‘at heart’ of healthcare reform
Digital innovation must be “at the heart” of healthcare reforms to capitalise on progress made during the Covid-19 pandemic, a thinktank has said. Public Policy Projects (PPP) called on the …
Protecting the hidden children in lockdown
NHS Digital’s programme manager for the Child Protection Information Service (CP-IS), Chris Elkington, discusses how the technology has protected children across the country and the plans to expand it, with …
Uncertainty created by NHSX overhaul may risk digital gains of pandemic
Following the news that there’s a plan to create an NHS ‘transformation directorate’, Digital Health’s editor-in-chief, Jon Hoeksma reflects on why be believes a new organisation could risk the digital …
New groups which could be at high risk from Covid-19 identified with tech
Technology that can help clinicians identify new groups who could be at high risk of Covid-19 has been introduced in England. A combination of risk factors based on medical records …
Proposed plans will see NHSX merged into ‘transformation directorate’
The CEO of NHSX has said reported proposals to create a ‘transformation directorate’ within the NHS is a “positive step” towards digital transformation. A report in the Health Service Journal …