Entries by NHS Digital

Additional information for Digital Leaders – February 2023

Join our Cloud Community of Practice 

Our Cloud Centre of Excellence team will be launching a new NHS Cloud Community on the FutureNHS platform in March, called the Cloud Community of Practice. 

It’s aimed at NHS organisations who are inter...

Problems uploading a photo in Care Identity Service application – expired certificate

You are trying to upload a photo on a user's Care Identity Profile in the Care Identity Service Application, and see the following error message:

It is likely that you are using Internet Explorer, or Edge in IE Compatibility mode. This is an unsupport...

Electronic prescriptions reach one billion a year

 

Almost one billion prescription items were dispensed electronically in the last 12 months, with less than 1 in 20 still paper-based.

The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is now the default method for prescribing and dispensing  presc...

RA Emergency Guidance to be extended to end of March 2023

This guidance refers to the use of video calls and scans to verify a persons’ identity.

The Control of Patient Information (COPI notice), on which this emergency guidance was based, ended on 30 September 2022. The guidance date was extended whilst the...

NHS Digital and NHS England complete merger

 

NHS England and NHS Digital have today legally merged in the first step towards creating a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all.

The move brings the NHS’ national data and technology expe...

Scarlet fever among NHS website’s top ten most searched for conditions in 2022

Coronavirus, chickenpox and scarlet fever were among the most commonly viewed conditions on the NHS website in 2022.

A 2022 Top Ten list compiled by NHS Digital shows the most popular pages related to Coronavirus, with 16.3 million visits to advice o...

Help us improve: Integrating with our APIs

We are seeking feedback from organisations that have used our APIs or our API catalogue during 2022 to help us build on what we are doing well and make improvements where needed.   

If you can help, please complete our Developer Integra...

For information: Preparations for the implementation of ICD-11

The next revision of the International Classifications of Diseases (ICD), ICD-11, is now approved by the WHO and will be mandated for use in the future. Our assumption is that ICD-11 will not be mandated for use across the NHS in England before April 2...

For information: Join our online developer community

Over 300 users have already signed up to the new developer community; an online space for those wanting to integrate with the NHS Digital API platform. It also provides quick and easy access to commonly asked questions for those involved in healthcare ...

For information: NHS Digital merges with NHS England

In February 2023, NHS Digital will merge with NHS England. NHS England will assume responsibility for all activities previously undertaken by NHS Digital. 

NHS Digital’s systems and services will continue to operate as normal and contracts will a...