Latest DHCNI news
The most up to date DHCNI news can be found here. Please check back regularly for the latest updates and opportunities on how you can get involved.
Northern Trust marks Epic milestone in healthcare
The Northern Trust has become the third HSC Trust in Northern Ireland to introduce encompass, creating a single, digital, integrated...
Read moreNorthern Ireland Public Data Panel Induction Day
We are delighted to announce the successful recruitment of 14 participants to the Northern Ireland Public Data Panel (NIPDP).
Read moreDigital Adult Mental Health campaign launched
A digital Adult Mental Health and Wellbeing campaign has been launched offering self-help resources and tools for those seeking support.
Read moreHealth Minister Mike Nesbitt is encouraging people to sign up to the My Care patient portal
Health Minister Mike Nesbitt is encouraging people to sign up for access to the My Care patient portal, which allows...
Read moreSouthern and Western Trusts to Complete encompass Rollout across Northern Ireland
The Southern and Western Health and Social Care Trusts will make history on 8 May 2025, as they become the...
Read moreBelfast Trust makes the move to a single digital record
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust is now live with the new digital record system, encompass, replacing paper processes with...
Read moreNorthern Trust confirms encompass Go-Live date of Nov 7, 2024
The Northern Health and Social Care Trust will be waving goodbye to paper records this autumn when it goes live...
Read moreDigital Dispatches, Episode 33: – Secondary use of Data
In the most recent episode of Digital Dispatches, Dr Frances Burns, Lead for Control of Data Processing Legislation and the...
Read moreDelay to encompass Children’s Social Work and Social Care module
Northern Ireland will be among the first in the world to integrate Health and Social Care into a single patient...
Read moreDigital Dispatches, Episode 32: encompass, Lessons Learned
In this episode of Digital Dispatches, Raied Abdul-Karim, the encompass Programme Manager, outlines the five key pillars under which the...
Read moreDigital Dispatches, Episode 31: Digital Programmes Review
If you missed the live Digital Dispatches webinar on 5th January you can catch it now on the DHCNI YouTube...
Read moreProgramme Director, Raied Abdul Karim looks ahead to 2024 after successful SEHSCT Go-Live
As we begin 2024, I would like to commend our HSCNI, encompass, and Epic colleagues for an incredibly busy but...
Read moreBelfast Health and Social Care Trust embraces a digital future
On Thursday 6 June 2024, Belfast Trust will become the largest Trust in Northern Ireland to implement encompass – the...
Read moreDigital Revolution: South Eastern Trust makes history by launching first digital patient record system in NI
The South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust has become the first Trust in Northern Ireland to implement the major...
Read moreSouth Eastern Trust introduce encompass, the new electronic patient record
A new era for Northern Ireland’s health service will dawn on Thursday 9 November 2023 when the South Eastern Health...
Read moreEpic user experience
Viewers can also catch-upon an insightful discussion with Eleanor Conway, Speech & Language Therapist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for...
Read moreSouth Eastern Trust prepares for encompass ‘go live’
The latest edition of Digital Dispatches focuses on encompass and in particular, plans for Go Live at South Eastern Health...
Read moreDigital Health & Care Digital Awards 2024 – Coming Soon
The DHCNI Digital Awards will open on 1st November 2023. Come back soon for more information on categories and...
Read moreTelephone land lines are going digital
The switch from analogue telephone land lines to new digital phone lines is coming to Northern Ireland. The UK government...
Read moreDigital revolution for NI patient records
A new era for Northern Ireland’s health service will dawn on Thursday 9 November 2023 when the South Eastern Health...
Read morePreparations continue at Belfast Trust with identification of important training rooms
The Belfast Trust encompass team has successfully secured Executive approval to commandeer and equip 62 rooms across Belfast Trust for...
Read moreSouth Eastern Trust Dietician provides insight into the benefits of Epic
As South Eastern Trust step up activities to Go-Live, the team recently got speaking to Helaina Jackson, an Advanced Practice...
Read moreEpic customer Go-Live experiences – lessons learned from the frontline at Great Ormond Street (GOSH)
The latest Digital Dispatches webinar that took place on Friday 4 August focused on staff who had been involved in...
Read moreAre you over 18 and experiencing chronic pain?
Join the 4 month research study on Patterns, a digital companion for people who experience chronic pain.
Read moreDigital Dispatches – encompass Patient Portal – My Care
This month on Digital Dispatches, Ella Jameson (Senior Programme Manager, encompass) provided a progress report on the development of My...
Read moreSouth Eastern Health and Social Care Trust Go-Live date announced as Nov 9, 2023
A major milestone in enhancing how Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland is to be delivered has been welcomed...
Read moreencompass Matters! Get On Board, Get Involved
At the ’Why encompass Matters’ Digital Dispatches webinar, Angela Reed, Chief Nursing & Midwifery Information Officer and Pippa McCabe, Chief...
Read moreencompass: How Will The Public Benefit?
Ella Jameson, a manager from the encompass build team, recently spoke about the advantages of encompass for the public.
Read moreencompass Reignited!
On Thursday 31 March, encompass and HSCNI leadership came together for the Reignite conference.
Read moreOver 3000 HSCNI Staff Are Shaping The Future of encompass
HSCNI staff to have a big say in the direction of encompass.
Read moreencompass Briefing to the Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Health
Dr Dermot Hughes, Senior Responsible Owner for encompass and Mr Dan West, Chief Digital Information Officer at the Department of...
Read moreencompass Stepping Up System Build Plans
encompass continue to build on the good work completed across HSCNI to date, as they prepare and move through the...
Read moreWorkflow Walkthrough – showcasing the first major event of encompass
Health and Social Care Staff across Northern Ireland got their first glimpse of encompass via the virtual Workflow Walkthrough process...
Read moreencompass signs deal with FDB to use Multilex clinical decision support solution
FDB (First Databank) has signed a deal to supply its Multilex clinical decision support solution to encompass, Health and Social...
Read moreencompass sets out on Epic journey
Covid-19 has created many challenges for everyone globally and locally. Mindful of the pressures HSCNI professionals are facing at this...
Read moreHuge turnout for encompass demonstrations
A series of encompass solution presentations recently attracted nearly 2,000 HSC staff across Northern Ireland.
Read moreencompass: from abstract to reality
There was an incredible turnout of staff for a recent encompass programme session, aimed at highlighting the benefits of a...
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