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15/06/2023
Walking with Pride: Pride Cymru Parade

On Saturday 17th June people from across NHS Wales will walk in a parade through Cardiff City Centre to celebrate Pride month. We asked DHCW staff members why they were taking part, and this is what they had to say.

Group photo of the Choose Pharmacy Team receiving their award
Group photo of the Choose Pharmacy Team receiving their award
12/06/2023
Diagnostic Stewardship Award win for Choose Pharmacy team

The work of the Choose Pharmacy team at Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) has been recognised at the Antibiotic Guardian Awards.

Shelf full of different medicine boxes
Shelf full of different medicine boxes
07/06/2023
First two digital community pharmacy system suppliers awarded funding to develop an electronic prescription service in Wales
Profile photo of Nathan Stone
Profile photo of Nathan Stone
02/06/2023
Pride Month 2023: Nathan Stone out and proud

This Pride month we’re sharing stories from some of our staff about their experiences as part of the LGBTQ+ community. Meet Nathan Stone, a Technical Project Manager at DHCW and learn more about his journey to being out and proud.

Person placing their finger on a digital screen to press a graphic icon
Person placing their finger on a digital screen to press a graphic icon
26/05/2023
DHCW teams announced as finalists in Digital Technology Leaders Awards

The Change Ambassador Programme team, along with their leader Jamie Parry, and the Welsh Nursing Care Record team have all been announced as finalists in Computing magazine’s Digital Technology Leaders Awards.

Profile photo of Lesley Jones
Profile photo of Lesley Jones
25/05/2023
New leadership appointment for hospital e-Prescribing and Medicines Administration programme

Lesley Jones is to lead the biggest change to hospital prescribing and medicines administration in Wales in decades.

Pharmacist holding medicine pack and medicine bottles
Pharmacist holding medicine pack and medicine bottles
22/05/2023
An audience with Swansea Bay University Health Board's Secondary Care e-Prescribing Team

A key learning event to support the planned introduction of Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) into NHS Wales hospitals takes place at Cardiff City Stadium on May 25, 2023.

Medical equipment, like stethoscopes, pills and masks on a table with a digital screen, keyboard and mouse.
Medical equipment, like stethoscopes, pills and masks on a table with a digital screen, keyboard and mouse.
18/05/2023
National 'meet the supplier' event for digital prescribing and medicines administration in hospitals

Healthcare professionals will take part in a ‘meet the supplier’ national showcase event for digital hospital prescribing and medicines administration in Wales on May 24, 2023 at Cardiff City Stadium.

Group of DHCW colleagues showing their Gold Award
Group of DHCW colleagues showing their Gold Award
11/05/2023
DHCW awarded Gold in health and wellbeing standard

DHCW has achieved success in the Corporate Health Standard  - Gold level -  Enhanced Status Check.

Medical Practitioner viewing a digital tablet
Medical Practitioner viewing a digital tablet
20/04/2023
Paediatric inpatient documents to go digital

A ground-breaking digital system for patient notes is set to move into its third phase with children’s inpatient notes to be included in the system.

04/04/2023
DHCW finalists at HSJ Digital Awards

The Welsh Nursing Care Record and the team behind a suite of NHS Wales data dashboards, have been announced as finalists at this year’s HSJ Digital Awards.

03/04/2023
A spotlight on Research and Innovation in Wales

Rachael Powell and Rachel Gemine at BioWales, London discussing digital transformation, supporting research and innovation through access to data and the importance of effective partnerships.

Community Pharmacy System Innovation Fund Banner
Community Pharmacy System Innovation Fund Banner
03/04/2023
Community Pharmacy System Innovation Fund to help digitise prescriptions in Wales opens today

The Digital Medicines Transformation Portfolio and Life Sciences Hub Wales are launching a new fund today to help the suppliers of digital community pharmacy systems in Wales deliver an electronic prescription service (EPS).

Group photo of DHCW colleagues at the REWIRED conference
Group photo of DHCW colleagues at the REWIRED conference
30/03/2023
DHCW at Rewired 2023

DHCW and the digital health community came together for two days of learning and networking at Digital Health Rewired earlier this month.

Elderly lady wearing a mask getting a vaccination in her left arm
Elderly lady wearing a mask getting a vaccination in her left arm
28/03/2023
Vaccine system supports 9 million jabs

The DHCW developed Welsh Immunisation System (WIS) will be supporting the Covid-19 Spring booster programme for Wales, starting on 1 April.

The WIS system has administered 8.9million vaccinations since the beginning of the pandemic, and administered 1.1million vaccinations during the 2022 winter programme from September to December. 

Digital Systems Usability Survey banner with profile photos of a male and female medical practitioner
Digital Systems Usability Survey banner with profile photos of a male and female medical practitioner
27/03/2023
Clinicians to have their say on digital systems across Wales

A new survey will gather feedback from clinicians working for the NHS in Wales on the effectiveness of digital systems currently in use.

Five general practitioners standing at the entrance of the DHCW offices
Five general practitioners standing at the entrance of the DHCW offices
20/03/2023
Welcome to our new team of GPs

We are delighted to announce that we have a new team of five General Practitioners who have joined DHCW on a part -time basis within our Clinical Directorate.

Three medical practitioners viewing Welsh Nursing Record information on a laptop
Three medical practitioners viewing Welsh Nursing Record information on a laptop
13/03/2023
Welsh Nursing Care Record goes from strength to strength

The Welsh Nursing Care Record continues to go from strength to strength having captured more than 3.9 million inpatient nursing notes during the last 22 months.

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MediWales Logo
09/03/2023
DHCW Director to speak at upcoming MediWales event highlighting Research and Innovation in Wales

An upcoming MediWales event in London will spotlight new technical innovations in NHS Wales and Welsh Life Sciences.  DHCW’s Associate Director of Information, Intelligence & Research, Rachael Powell will be a guest speaker. 

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National Data Resource Logo
23/02/2023
National Data Resource to host Big Data Event, the first of its kind in Wales

Digital Health Ecosystem Wales and the National Data Resource (NDR) are hosting a Big Data event on 29 March 2023 at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff.