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Welsh Government’s policies, such as the new Digital Health and Social Care Strategy (2022), which sets the ambition for Wales to lead in digital health and social care by 2030, underscore this.
Senedd members scrutinised health chiefs about years-long delays to digital transformation of eye care, with some services still relying on paper records and fax machines. Peter Fox, the newly ...
Fran Beadle, Chief Nursing Information Officer for Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) – which developed WNCR in partnership with all health boards and trusts in NHS Wales – said: “WNCR has ...
Around 80% of eligible wards in Wales are currently using the system, with 10.3m inpatient nursing notes having been created since it was set up. Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW), the NHS ...
Alex Leach, Deputy Director of Programmes at Health Innovation West of England, commented: “Health Innovation West of England are excited to be working with the LEAP Hub. Digital technologies are ...
NHS Wales has ambitious long-term plans for the app, which is part of the Digital Services for Patients and the Public (DSPP) programme run by Digital Health and Care Wales.
Digital Health and Care Wales stopped its weekly Covid snapshot figures in the summer of 2023, although Public Health Wales (PHW) was still publishing some hospital and testing data in autumn 2024.
The monthly figures from Digital Health and Care Wales also show problems with another key target area, as those waiting more than a year for a first outpatient appointment rose by 5.5%.
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