NHS England to create digital flagships

NHS England is to spend thousands of pounds to create €˜digital flagships’ in GP practices, health centres and hospitals as part of a drive to train 100,000 people to use the internet this year. The training centres are designed to reduce health inequalities – one of the specifications of the Government’s mandate to NHS England – and will be set up in areas of social deprivation, according to Pulse. The major initiative to train 100,000 patients was first announced in NHS England’s business plan for 2013/14 to 2015/16, and the procurement document for the scheme reveals it may cost up