Hospital patients at every NHS trust across England can now check their referrals and appointments through the NHS App, making it easier for millions of people to manage their car ...

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NHS England has awarded a contract worth more than £160m to IBM for the supplier to support the development of the NHS App.

Patients across England can now check referrals and appointments through the NHS App after it was connected to every acute NHS trust.

It has been a hectic year for the NHS. With significant staffing challenges, a lack of beds and dwindling budgets, the NHS has faced many struggles, which could be alleviated, at least in part, with ...

The latest attempt at digitally transforming the NHS has the potential to “be different”, but only if the government tackles challenges around workforce digital skills and legacy IT and ensures staff ...

The NHS has issued the update so that patients at every acute NHS trust in England can now check their hospital referrals and ...

UK health secretary Sajid Javid has set out a digital agenda to harness technological breakthroughs and drive transformation in the NHS and social care. Speaking at the HSJ Digital Transformation ...

A new digital health check delivering an additional one million checks in the first 4 years is to be rolled out in England in Spring 2024. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) underlined ...

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is due to announce that tech bodies NHSX and NHS Digital will merge into NHS England as part of a major restructuring. In an internal email, seen by ...

Towards the end of last year, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said that moving NHS Digital into NHS England would support the NHS’s recovery from COVID-19. The former chair of NHS Digital has written a ...

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has this week announced a shake up with how digital functions are structured within the NHS in England. NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I) will gain more powers at the ...