The code behind the NHS Covid-19 App
We have Open Sourced the code behind the new NHS COVID-19 app. In this technical blog post, Terence Eden, Head of Open Technology for NHSX, discusses the open source offer behind …
How the NHS is innovating as part of its fight against coronavirus
Across the NHS and social care, digital technology is being embraced as never before as part of the response to the coronavirus outbreak. Last week over 75 percent of all GP practi…
Digital contact tracing: protecting the NHS and saving lives
Technology has the potential to save lives and help us deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. In the coming weeks, the NHS will be launching a contact-tracing app. NHSX Chief Executive, …
Tech on the frontline - how NHSX & partners are delivering at pace
COVID-19 has driven sharp changes in the way that the NHS and social care serve the public. Suddenly, care is being delivered digitally. For NHSX and its partners, it has meant g…
How we are assessing COVID-19 apps
Countless innovators both inside the NHS and in the healthtech sector have been working hard to develop new mobile products and digital health technologies that can help in respons…
NHSX’s offer to support secondary care
Over recent weeks there has been a staggering amount of work done to prepare the NHS for the COVID-19 pandemic. I know significant effort continues to ensure our hospitals are as p…
The power of data in a pandemic
The NHS is facing an unprecedented challenge. Responding to the Covid-19 crisis will require everything we have and more. In the fight against this pandemic, decision-makers will n…
Rollout of video consultation across general practice
In response to Coronavirus (COVID-19), it’s essential to reduce face-to-face contact to protect patients and staff and to minimise the risk of infection. Also as most people are no…
Creating the COVID-19 text service for vulnerable people
A small group from NHSX, NHS Digital, NHS Business Services Authority and the Behavioural Insights Team has developed a text service for those most threatened by COVID-19. …
Getting our communication tools right
Dr James Maguire is the clinical lead for secondary care in the COVID-19 Clinical Cell at NHSX. He is also a geriatric medicine registrar. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemi…