Digital Health’s 2024 Review: Top 10 news stories
The last 12 months has seen a new government, a major cyber attack on the NHS and a commitment to £2bn tech funding hitting the headlines.
Digital Health News has picked out 10 of the…
Tag: GP
Scotland’s main GP software supplier goes into administration
The main GP software supplier for Scotland, In Practice Systems Limited (INPS), has voluntarily placed itself under administration owing to financial difficulties.
A press release, published by Cegedim on 10 December 2024, said: “Cegedim…
Southampton GPs trial handheld translation device for patients
A network of eight GP surgeries in Southampton has improved communication with its its 5,850 non-English-speaking patients through a handheld translation device.
In a real-world validation study between April 2024 and August 2024, in partnership…
Accurx calls for modern GP access to be spread to all practices
Health tech firm Accurx has published a report calling for NHS England’s modern GP access model to be spread to all practices, to help primary care manage record-level demand with the current GP workforce.
In…
Digital Dermatology pathway for primary care launched in Scotland
Technology to allow faster diagnosis and assessment of skin conditions is being rolled out across primary care in Scotland, starting with Dumfries and Galloway and Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Using a secure mobile phone app…
NHSE announces digital eye screening plans for diabetes patients
NHS England has announced plans to provide advanced eye scans in the community for people with diabetes, potentially saving up to 120,000 hospital appointments a year and helping to prevent sight loss.
The rollout of…
More than 9,000 hospital letters delayed in Kent owing to IT glitch
More than 9,000 automatic letters from hospitals to GPs in Kent were delayed by three weeks due to an error which occurred during an IT upgrade at Kent Community Health Foundation Trust.
The delayed letters,…
X-on Health acquires Hanley Consulting to help end 8am GP rush
GP digital telephony provider X-on Health has acquired Hanley Consulting to strengthen its technology, data analytics and expert services for GP surgeries across the UK and help to end the 8am rush.
X-on Health’s Surgery…
GPs face EMIS IT outage at busiest time of the week
An outage to the EMIS IT system caused “chaos” for GPs in England when access was cut off to appointment booking systems and patient records at the busiest time of the week.
EMIS is the…
New data laws will allow patient data to be shared across the NHS
A new bill which will allow patients’ data to be easily transferable across the NHS has been introduced to Parliament.
Delivered by the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT), the bill will require IT…
