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NHS Issues Warning Over Scam COVID-19 Vaccination Emails
With COVID-19 vaccinations currently being rolled out across the UK, it’s entirely understandable that many people are more than a little anxious to get their jab. It seems, however, that scammers are attempting to tap into this fear as following an official Twitter post by the NHS, they have issued…
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Surgeon Simulator 2 is Offered Free to NHS Workers
It’s been a pretty rough year medically speaking around the world given the COVID-19 situation, and this has undoubtedly been a lot tougher for those working within the health care system. If you do, however, happen to work directly for the NHS (or know someone who does) then we have…
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NHS Workers Can Apply for a Free Video Game!
It’s hardly any secret that the COVID-19 situation has put a lot of strain on health services around the world. In the UK, however, there is currently a lot of love and support for NHS workers and it seems that the gaming industry also wants to do their part to…
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NHS Medical Advice Will Soon Be Available Via Amazon’s Alexa
The UK government and Amazon are teaming up to make NHS advice readily available to citizens. Using Amazon’s Alexa AI voice assistant, blind and elderly patients will soon be able to get answers to their medical questions quickly. Completely in the privacy of their own home. With just an Alexa-powered…
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NHS Told To Ditch Pagers As ‘Outdated And Expensive’
NHS Told To Scrap ‘Outdated And Expensive’ Pagers As you might imagine with an organisation as large as the NHS, getting into the 21st century (in technology terms) isn’t easy. You may recall how last November the NHS was found to still be operating a disturbingly large number of fax…
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Dad Uses 3D Printing To Create A Bionic Arm For His Son
3D Printing As you might imagine, there is quite a significant waiting list to receive a bionic prosthetic limb. They are, after all, rather tricky to make and, in the nicest way possible, the demand is outstripping the supply. A father in the UK, however, when told his son had…
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Cancer Breathalyser Detection Device Being Trialled In UK
Cancer Breathalyser When it comes to cancer, early detection is a major factor in the success of subsequent treatment. As such, it’s always interesting to hear when new devices come onto the market which may help to assist this. One such device, however, is certainly a little different to what…
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NHS Ordered To Ditch All Fax Machines!
NHS Ordered To Ditch All Fax Machines! As depressing as this makes me feel, I suspect that a significant number of you may never have heard of a fax machine, let alone ever used one. In technology terms, they are pretty outdated and have been relatively obsolete for at least…
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NHS To Launch Appointment Booking App By 2019
NHS To Introduce Appointment Booking App By The End of 2018 Booking an appointment to see your GP can be a bit of a faff. Not only do you often have to call up at 8 am in the morning, but even then you have to wait on hold for…
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First NHS Funded Gaming Addition Centre To Open In The UK
UK’s First NHS Funded Gaming Treatment Center To Open A little over a week ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) officially recognised gaming addiction as a medical condition. The addition to their categorisation was originally proposed back in December 2017 and as of last week, it is now an officially…
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Fresh NHS Cyber Attack Reveals Over a Million Patient Records Compromised
NHS Security Under Scrutiny Again! NHS security procedures have been under a lot of pressure in recent months and it appears that they have not learnt their lesson. Reports are suggesting that another major data breach has occurred which has compromised the personal data of 1.2 million NHS patients in the…
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Europol Report 200,000 Ransomware Victims and More to Come
Europol has announced that Fridays cyber-attack had over 200,000 victims in 150 countries. On Monday this number is expected to grow even larger. But why? The aftermath of Fridays cyber-attack The NHS in Britain was the most high-profile victim. Since this time it is reported that 48 NHS Health Trusts were affected…
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Ransomware Causes NHS Systems Failures Across Country
The NHS has become one of the biggest profile cases of a Ransomware attack. The attack has brought the nationwide computer system to a half. Hospitals have warned some patients not to attend A&E. The attack has reported affected; telephone systems; IT systems and over 16 hospital trusts. The Ransomware…
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Google’s DeepMind Will Help Spot Eye Based Diseases
Several months ago we reported about how Google was going to use their DeepMind artificial intelligence to study millions of NHS records. It would seem that Google isn’t done supporting the advancement of medicine with DeepMind as it seeks to help spot common eye diseases earlier than we traditionally could.…
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Google DeepMind to Study Millions of NHS Records
When it comes to our information we are all pretty protective. Even when we give it out online, many use alternative accounts and email addresses in order to protect their true identity or details. This can’t always be done thanks to some information required to be true, such as with your…
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