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NHS 111 online hits one million triages mark
NHS 111 online has been used more than one million times to get people the medical help they need since its launch in December 2017.
NHS Digital chief nurse calls on nurses and midwives to continue to take the lead on digital revolution
To mark International Nurses’ Day NHS Digital’s acting chief nurse, Caron Swinscoe, talks about how small technological and information sharing advances have the chance to make a real difference to nurses and midwives on the frontline and the patients they care for.
NHS Fit Notes report allows for regional comparisons to be made for the first time
Coverage in NHS Digital’s latest fit notes publication has increased to include data from 96% of GP practices.
711,000 hospital admissions where obesity was a factor in 2017/18
Admissions to NHS hospitals, where obesity was recorded as either a primary or secondary diagnosis1, increased by 15% (94,000) on 2016/172.
NHS Digital welcomes RCGP tech manifesto
NHS Digital has welcomed the publishing of the RCGP’s tech manifesto today.
Digital health hub rolled out across more areas following pilot success
A digital health hub piloted in Nailsea has proved to be such a success that the NHS is scaling it up across England, as demand increases from councils in North West London, the Wirral, Blackburn, Middlesbrough and Stafford.
New venue supports partnership working to drive innovation in health and care
As part of the Leeds Digital Festival, today sees the official opening of Co>Space North; a new health and care collaboration, co-working and innovation space in Leeds city centre.
Ambulance clinicians to access patient information on the move, without a Smartcard
Today the London Ambulance Service begins a pilot to enable its clinicians to securely access Summary Care Record data on an iPad, without the need for a smartcard or N3, for the first time, by using the new NHS Identity Service to authenticate to the system.
NHS Digital deal offers NHS organisations better insight into system data
NHS Digital has agreed a deal that will allow NHS organisations to make better use of their machine generated information through a market-leading data monitoring and analytics platform.
NHS staff and parents to gain access to crucial child health information
NHS Digital and NHS England collaborate with IT suppliers to launch groundbreaking new service