Contact tracing technology piloted
NHS Scotland Contact tracing technology will be tested in NHS Fife, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Highland from Monday 18 May. The pilot, which is expected to last two weeks, will...
Newly developed app built in 5 days provides latest NHS information on COVID-19
One of Scotland’s leading digital design agency’s has developed an app with Scotland’s national healthcare service NHS 24 to give users the latest information and guidance on Covid-19. Mobile app...
NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow gets digital boost
Vodafone UK has boosted the capacity of its network to support the staff and patients of the NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow. The enhanced network, which was built in...
NHS Dumfries and Galloway launches messaging solution lowering Covid-19 test result times
NHS Dumfries & Galloway has adopted messaging technology from Netcall to support patients and staff communications on COVID-19 test results. Within two weeks the Board has implemented the system to...
Historic Environment Scotland produce PPE for NHS Scotland staff
3D printers were used by HES to create models for sites and collections for conservation. The public body has repurposed technology at its national conservation centre, the Engine Shed in...
All NHS staff in Scotland to use Microsoft Teams
NHS Scotland has rolled out Microsoft Teams to more than 160,000 workers, including health boards and those on the frontline in hospitals, NHS24, Health Protection Scotland and the Scottish Ambulance...
Cyber warning issued for key healthcare organisations
Security agencies in the United Kingdom and United States have exposed malicious cyber campaigns targeting organisations involved in the coronavirus response – and given tips to stay safe. An advisory...
A call to action
What COVID-19 tells us about strengthening global public health systems Covid-19 is not the first time the international health systems have been tested for their resilience, and neither it would...
Data harnessed to reveal Covid-19 spread in real time
A study that uses patient data to track the progress of the Covid-19 pandemic in near real time across Scotland is set to launch. The project – which has been...
Omega Diagnostics signs agreement to make up to 46,000 Covid-19 antibody tests a day
The Clackmannanshire-based business this week announced a material transfer agreement to allow Mologic access to its facility in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, to manufacture its Elisa test. The test has been part-funded...

