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The latest news from NHS Digital.
Leeds is the first city to go live with GP Connect
GP practices and clinical staff can share and view authorised information and data between IT systems, quickly and efficiently, using GP Connect.
Sarah Wilkinson delivers keynote speech at UK Health Show
28 September 2018: NHS Digital CEO, Sarah Wilkinson, told clinicians and senior health leaders how a ‘new wave of data’ offers huge advantages to the health and care sector, in a keynote speech at the UK Health Show this week.
NHS Digital has today published national statistics about activity at sexual and reproductive health services in 2017-18
Sexual and Reproductive Health Services, England 2017-18
New care and support guide released on the NHS website
27 September 2018: A new guide to social care and support has been released on the NHS website, to provide guidance to people who may need social care, their families and carers.
NHS Digital announces new Chief Information Security Officer
NHS Digital’s new Chief Information Security Officer will start with the organisation on 1 October 2018.
Eighteen local partnerships design adult social care services of the future with £1.4m funding
20 September 2018: New funding will demonstrate how predictive analytics and digital information sharing can improve care and support for people needing social care services.
Hospital admission statistics published
Statistics on NHS admissions into hospitals in England have been published today by NHS Digital.
Coverage declines in nine of the 12 routine child vaccinations and increases in one
Figures published today show that coverage declined for nine of the 12 routine vaccinations measured at age 12 months, 24 months or five years in 2017-18 in England compared to the previous year.
A&E attendances increase by 22 per cent in the last decade
There were 23.8 million attendances to Accident and Emergency departments in England during 2017-18, which is an increase of two per cent compared with 2016-17 and 22 per cent since 2008-09, according to official figures.
New professional information standard for digital maternity records published
A new standard has been published to support digital maternity records that will ensure that record information is consistent and can be shared more easily across healthcare services in England in the future.