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Event: Tech Innovation Framework (TIF) Expo 2023

This event is no longer taking bookings. Please contact gpit.techinnovation@nhs.net if you have any queries. 

We’re inviting people who work in primary care organisations and those responsible for the procurement of digital systems to attend a supplier expo in February. 

The event will take place virtually over a 2-week period from 14 to 28 February. The 8 Tech Innovation Framework (TIF) suppliers will showcase the work they’re doing to develop new intuitive core clinical digital systems for GP practices and primary care organisations. 

This is an opportunity to share your thoughts, ideas and requirements with these TIF suppliers. 

Find out more about the Expo and book your place.

 

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Help us improve: Consistency in FHIR

Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is the global interoperability standard. To help us ensure a standard way of handling interactions between different systems, and to improve interoperability, we invite you to participate in Sprint 6 of the Clinical and Technical Assurance process, in which we will review the resources used to support diagnostics of use cases.  

Find out more and register by emailing interoperabilityteam@nhs.net.

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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 Integration Survey. It takes about 5-10 minutes to complete and is open until 31 January. 

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Event: Spine Futures webinar

Join us for the next Spine Futures webinar on 23 February from 3.30pm to 4.30pm. This event is open to anyone working in health and care who wants to hear about our plans for the Spine of the future and tell us their needs for our national services.

The webinar will will focus on the latest product developments from the programme including how we are working with social care software providers on discharge events, the latest National Record Locator (NRL) developments including integration with bookings and referrals (BARS). It will also provide information on how Message Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH) migrated to cloud without impacting the service.

Spine Futures provides a secure, adaptable, and sustainable infrastructure for the health and care system in England. It enables data integration between critical healthcare systems. This allows national digital services to be built upon to meet the current and future needs of staff, patients, and citizens.

Through the programme, we aim to remove barriers to access and innovation, save time and money for colleagues working in health and care and provide continuity of Spine services while enhancing the digital capability of the NHS.

Find out more and book your place.

 

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For information: New Apply for Care ID service verifies identity remotely

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 saving alternative to face-to-face registrations. Find out more about the service. 

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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 2026, but to prepare for the changes, we are currently running an ICD-11 pre-implementation project to create a high-level implementation plan, which we aim to have ready in April 2023.  

Find out more about our preparations for implementing ICD-11, as well as useful resources such as e-learning modules, ICD-11 API and coding tools, use cases and more. New content is being added continuously and we will also be scheduling interactive sessions with stakeholder groups over the coming months.  

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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 software.

Early adopters have an opportunity to help shape the future of the community and provide feedback on NHS Digital products and services. Read more. 

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For information: Improving our approach to communicating with you

We are tweaking our approach to this bulletin in response to feedback. Instead of relying on a quarterly bulletin, which has sometimes meant information has arrived too late and buried in a long email, we have set up this section on our website for essential information for technology suppliers.   

When essential items are added to the website, we will email you an alert. You will receive a short summary of these alerts every quarter instead of the bulletin.  

If you have any feedback, please contact bulletins.nhsdigital@nhs.net.

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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 automatically transfer to NHS England, with terms and conditions unchanged.

Read more about the changes.

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New cyber security resources available online as part of Keep I.T. Confidential campaign


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 the existing Keep I.T. Confidential online cyber security awareness toolkit.

Two sets of campaign materials have been published; one aimed at staff based in clinical settings and another for those who work in the adult social care sector.

Launched by NHS Digital’s Data Security Centre, the free materials have been designed to help NHS organisations run their own cyber security awareness campaigns at a time and in a way that suits them.

The aim is to help improve staff knowledge of cyber security concerns such as phishing, unauthorised data sharing, unlocked screens and weak passwords.

Assets included in the toolkit are:

  • Screensavers
  • Digital banners
  • Sticky notes
  • Social media graphics – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn
  • An animation

NHS Digital’s Executive Director of Cyber Operations Mike Fell said: “Good security practices are our shared responsibility and being cyber aware can significantly reduce the chance of cyber events affecting people’s care.

“We know how busy staff are, but we encourage everyone to prioritise reducing security risks as much as they can to protect the NHS and social care against vulnerabilities.

“Taking small, simple steps and considering security in your day-to-day work can make a huge difference and we hope that these resources can really play a part in helping to drive that change.”

Ransomware is a form of malicious software that can make data or systems unusable until the victim makes a payment.

Reduce the risk of common cyber security concerns by:

  • Choosing a strong and varied password
  • Being aware of potential phishing scams
  • Wearing your staff ID badge on-site

More information on the Keep I.T. Confidential campaign is available here.  

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