Led by our new Head of Product, Marc Heasman, the Product Managers working on NHS.UK recently created a manifesto to describe our commitment to the ways in …
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Defining digital standards for the NHS
Since NHS.UK’s digital transformation began, lots of progress has been made, for example in tackling topics like medicines, building communities of practice, defining an identity and …
Read moreAccessibility in digital tools and services
The NHS is for everyone, and those of us designing digital services for the NHS have a responsibility to ensure that everyone can access them. …
Read moreNHS e-Referral Service Paper Switch Off
My first job in the NHS in 2003 was working on the procurement of the first national electronic referral service for GP to first outpatient …
Read moreNHS Choices social care discovery – an update
A few months ago we started a ‘discovery’ – a 12-week period of intensive research – looking at adult social care information and advice on …
Read moreSharing knowledge in the pursuit of better health care
In Sweden we have established a vision for e-health by 2025, which intends to use the possibilities of digitalization to make it easier for our …
Read moreThe challenge? A single, simple NHS app
All the way back in September 2017, we were challenged to deliver a single app that would transform digital healthcare delivery. Our vision for this …
Read moreGrowing the NHS Apps Library
The NHS Apps Library was launched as a public beta nearly a year ago. Now we want to encourage more developers to step forward and …
Read moreNHS Wi-Fi: Connecting patients to digital services
The NHS Wi-Fi project continues to move at pace. In just 12 months, over 3000 GP practices are now offering free NHS Wi-Fi to over …
Read moreA Design Sprint: learning at pace
We’ve recently been looking into how we can help manage the impact of urgent prescription requests on the NHS 111 service. By supplying NHS 111 …
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