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Digital Services for Patients and Public logo
12/11/2021
Market announcement: new partner to help drive the NHS Wales Digital transformation programme

The Digital Services for Patients and the Public (DSPP) programme was set up by the Welsh Government to help co-ordinate the rapid delivery of digital solutions and health and care applications for people of Wales.

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Image of a group of Welsh Intensive Care Information System colleagues
11/11/2021
Digital nursing scoops 'Best Healthcare Project' at UK IT Industry Awards

The team behind the digital Welsh Nursing Care Record (WNCR) have won ‘Best Healthcare Sector IT Project of the Year’ in the prestigious British Computing Society (BCS) UK IT Industry Awards.

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Welsh Immunisation System logo
21/10/2021
Digital systems 'pivotal' in delivering Wales' leading vaccination programme

A leading figure of Wales’ COVID-19 vaccination programme has described how access to the digital services delivered by DHCW has been key to its successful roll out.

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Digital Health and Care Wales logo
19/10/2021
Patients in Wales to benefit from a new laboratory system

The new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Service will manage the 35 million plus tests processed by NHS Wales’ 21 pathology labs every year.

Helen Thomas standing between two colleagues and holding up her Digital CEO of the Year Award
Helen Thomas standing between two colleagues and holding up her Digital CEO of the Year Award
08/10/2021
DHCW's Helen Thomas awarded Digital CEO of the Year

Helen Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of Digital Health and Care Wales, won ‘Digital CEO of the Year’ at the 2021 Digital Health Awards.

Welsh Immunisation System logo
Welsh Immunisation System logo
05/10/2021
Praise for scale and pace of Welsh Immunisation System development

The Digital Health and Care Wales Board has heard how the scale and pace of agile development work for the Welsh Immunisation System (WIS) is “a complete game changer” and “critical to the success of the [Welsh mass vaccination] program” at its September board meeting.

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Test, Trace, Protect NHS Wales logo
27/09/2021
Welsh contact tracing service brings small business big savings

Hundreds of millions of pounds has been saved by Welsh Government using public sector services during the pandemic, including Test, Trace, Protect.

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Profile image of Simon Jones
22/09/2021
New chair appointed for Digital Health and Care Wales

We are pleased to announce that Simon Jones has been appointed by Welsh Government as chair of our board.

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Go Awards Logo
16/09/2021
Digital Health and Care Wales winners at UK National Awards

Congratulations to our procurement team for winning the ‘COVID-19 Outstanding Response Award ‒ NHS and Healthcare Organisations’ award at the UK National GO Awards 2021.

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Digital Health and Care Wales logo
16/07/2021
Welsh Admin Portal crosses border into English hospitals

The system used to process electronic referrals from GPs to hospitals has for the first time linked up with hospitals cross-border, in England. 

Doctor assessing a patients information on a digital tablet
Doctor assessing a patients information on a digital tablet
09/07/2021
Access to genetics results allows for more personalised cancer treatments

Doctors in Wales are now able to access digital genetic test results for urgent cancer patients, following a recent update to the Welsh Clinical Portal (WCP).

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Choose Well Pharmacy Logo
02/07/2021
Better access to patient information for Choose Pharmacy

Community pharmacists in Wales are to be given increased access to patients’ GP medical records as part of the Choose Pharmacy service, to help them care for more people with minor illnesses.

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Welsh Nursing Care Record - Now Live banner
04/06/2021
Welsh nursing undergoes digital revolution

A brand new, digital way of working has been introduced for nurses and other hospital staff in Wales

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Go Excellence Awards Logo
14/05/2021
Digital Health and Care Wales scoops two Go Awards

Digital Health and Care Wales have been named winners at the Go Awards Wales for COVID-19 Outstanding Response as well as the overall GO Excellence Award.

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Digital Health and Care Wales Service Desk Logo
04/05/2021
National and local service desks merged

In line with the move to a special health authority, we have merged our Primary Care and NWIS Local Service Desk teams. The new merged team will be known as the DHCW Service desk.