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A new service is making registering with a GP easier for patients and practices.

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90% of NHS trusts now have electronic patient records

A total of 189 NHS trusts have now introduced new systems, with Hillingdon Hospitals and Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS trusts becoming the latest to go live.

Tech supplier search to help tackle 8am rush at GP surgeries

NHS England is inviting suppliers to tender for a new framework that will enhance GP practices' capabilities to provide online consultations, and improve their communication with patients.

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Latest figures show drop in obesity rates among primary school children: statistical press release  

The prevalence of primary school children living with obesity continued to fall in 2022/23, after reaching highest recorded levels during the Covid-19 pandemic, new NHS England figures show.  However, obesity prevalence among year 6 children, aged 10 to 11, remains above pre-pandemic levels.

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New choices for GP IT

As we prepare to bring new products and suppliers into the GP IT market, Dan Wintercross discusses the Tech Innovation Framework.

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Recruitment success puts spotlight on what we can do better

Our data-driven clinical trials service, NHS DigiTrials, is changing what is possible for researchers but there’s more to do, says our Head of Clinical Trials.

Multi-factor authentication: a silver cyber bullet?

Clinical informatics manager Chris Day says full implementation of multi-factor authentication is critical to local organisations’ cyber security.

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Improving the NHS’s most fundamental process

A new service is making registering with a GP easier for patients and for practices. A quarter of GP practices in England are already on board.

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Electronic prescribing comes of age

The Electronic Prescription Service has transformed primary care prescribing in England. Christine Hague looks back at 18 years of the service and asks what's next.

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Precision-guided public health

The COVID-19 pandemic saw a quiet revolution in how we use data to target health and care services at vulnerable individuals. John Windell looks at the data platform and algorithms that have helped make the difference.

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Improving the NHS’s most fundamental process

Latest news

90% of NHS trusts now have electronic patient records

Tech supplier search to help tackle 8am rush at GP surgeries

Latest figures show drop in obesity rates among primary school children: statistical press release

Latest blogs

New choices for GP IT

Recruitment success puts spotlight on what we can do better

Multi-factor authentication: a silver cyber bullet?

Latest features

Improving the NHS’s most fundamental process

Electronic prescribing comes of age

Precision-guided public health

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