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Upgrades to Colposcopy admin systems have improved services for patients with better quality information being recorded. Images are now saved automatically to electronic patient records, using one system – the Welsh Clinical Portal (WCP), rather than two separate systems.

The electronic Coloposcopy Clinical Record records extensive clinical detail and incorporates health promotion information, giving clinicians and decision makers more in-depth data to support plans of care.  Having clinical images within the record also means multi-disciplinary teams (MDT) of clinicians can review all the relevant information together, supporting decision making.

DHCW's Senior Clinical Informatics Lead Dr Geraldine McCaffrey MRPharmS has been appointed as the new Director for Wales at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).

Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) presented two sessions at the National Eisteddfod Wrecsam.

The DHCW Cyber Security team, led by Mark Edwards, have all become corporate members of The Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec).  CIISec is the cyber and information security institution for the cyber professional community.

FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) is a key part of the National Data Resource, providing a secure international standard that allows health and care systems in Wales to share information accurately and efficiently, reducing duplication, improving workflows, and ultimately supporting better patient care.

Patients are benefitting from a new digital prescribing system as paper charts at the bedside are replaced at the largest hospital in Wales.

Patients across Wales who use medical devices and equipment given on prescription are benefitting from a more secure and efficient service, following a significant step forward in the roll out of innovative software. 

The NHS generates vast amounts of data every day - but value comes from insight, not volume. That’s where the Advanced Analytics team in the National Data Resource (NDR) comes in.

At the heart of a modern NHS Wales is the ability to understand the whole picture of a person’s care – and that starts with data that’s connected, secure and usable.

Aneurin Bevan UHB and the NDR programme have developed cloud-based dashboards with predictive analytics to help visualise, understand and forecast patient flow, supporting better planning and service delivery across NHS Wales.

Hywel Dda UHB joins other health boards in Wales in taking a significant step forward in delivering electronic prescribing in hospitals.

The NDR connects health and care data across Wales to improve patient care through ethical, secure, and transparent data use. The Building data connections campaign highlights how Wales is creating a more connected, sustainable healthcare system.

Our latest Big Data Matters event brought together over 200 attendees to explore how data is transforming health and care in Wales, with a focus on collaboration, innovation, and real-world impact. Key themes included improving community data, tackling shared challenges like recruitment and data culture, and using tools like hackathons to drive practical solutions.

Blood Cancer UK brought together a multi-disciplinary task force to investigate challenges in UK blood cancer care, with analysts from Digital Health and Care Wales using anonymised Welsh data in the SAIL Databank to support this work. The analysis revealed key insights into survival rates and health inequalities, contributing to the Blood Cancer Action Plan and gaining recognition at leading medical conferences.

Working with Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW), Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) and Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB) successfully submitted the National Diabetes Audit (NDA) for secondary care and specialist services for the first time using data from the Diabetes Consultation Note (DCN). 

The 'game-changing' Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is now available in more than 50% of community pharmacies in Wales. 

Four new national data feeds are now live on the National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP), improving the speed, quality and efficiency of data sharing across NHS Wales.