NHS and social care organisations are being invited to take advantage of new cyber security resources designed to raise awareness of the threat of ransomware.
The new information packs have been made available on the NHS Digital website as part of t...
You can listen to a new podcast by NHS England’s digital workforce team to learn about their plan to narrow the skills gap for digital, data, technology and informatics roles. During it, senior digital leaders in the health and care system talk ab...
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 Integrat...
You’re invited to attend an online session to learn about the new National Care Records Service (NCRS) and how to migrate or get access to it. The NCRS is the improved successor to the Summary Care Record application (SCRa).
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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...
Millions more patients across England are benefitting from easier access to their health records and medical services through the NHS App, as sign ups top 30 million – including seven million new sign ups in 2022.
The app, which launched four yea...
Swan Medical Centre in Birmingham needed to meet rising demand and improve efficiency. They introduced an online consultation system to help manage triage and develop more efficient communications between patients and the practice team. However, the on...
NHSmail made changes to user account management periods on 1 December 2022 following consultation.
The ‘active’ and ‘inactive’ periods for unused accounts are being reduced from 90 to 30 days. There was no change to application accounts, shared,...
Apply for Care ID is a simple and secure ID application enabling health and care staff, including students, to verify their identity to access national clinical information systems and data. The app is remotely accessible anytime and provides a time sa...
Unique Organisation Data Service (ODS) codes have been given to 89 ‘Elective Surgical Hubs’ across England. These hubs describe NHS trust operational units that carry out planned care surgery only and have fully ring-fenced facilities and staffing. &nb...