NHSE extends Microsoft national licensing deal for £8m for one month
NHS England has signed an £8m one month extension on the NHS Microsoft licensing deal that includes Office 365 and Teams video conferencing application.
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Following Ferris: assessing the impact of Dr Tim Ferris on NHS IT
With news that Dr Tim Ferris is to depart as NHS England’s transformation director, Digital Health’s Jon Hoeksma considers his legacy in the NHS.
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NHS England’s digital chief Tim Ferris to leave in September
The changing of the digital guard at NHS England continues with the news that Dr Tim Ferris, director of transformation is set to depart in September.
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Cambridge University Hospital CEO to advise NHSE on life science links
Roland Sinker, chief executive of Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust, is to join NHS England as an unpaid national director.
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NHS shouldn’t use tech risks fear to avoid embracing innovation – Ferris
The health service needs to ensure that fear of the risks of technological innovation don’t slow the pace of change, Dr Tim Ferris told a Rewired audience.
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National Policy to drive discussion at Digital Health Rewired 2023
Talk of national policy and digital investment priorities is set to drive the discussion on the National Policy and Keynote Stage at Rewired 2023.
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Recruiting digital jobs for NHS ‘my biggest challenge’ says Simon Bolton
NHS Digital’s Simon Bolton has told the Health and Social Care Committee that getting the right digital skills into the NHS is his “biggest challenge.”
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NHS is ‘too static’ and must learn from itself and others says Tim Ferris
Dr Tim Ferris has claimed that the NHS as an organisation is too static and must learn from itself and from others internationally.
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New Hive EPR powered by Epic goes live across Manchester Uni NHS FT
A new electronic patient record (EPR) called Hive, powered by software company Epic, has gone live across Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT).
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NHS to pilot smart goggles to free up time for community nurses
The NHS is trialling the use of cutting-edge high tech smart goggles that will be worn by community nurses on home visits to free up time with patients.
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