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Online check-ups are set to "transform" healthcare in Wales, according to the clinical lead of a digital scheme. More than 80,000 video consultations have been performed by GPs and other services since March. And now NHS Wales' Video Consultation Service (VCS) will offer the technology to all optometrists, pharmacists and dentists in Wales.

Health and social care providers in Wales have faced unprecedented capacity challenges throughout the pandemic response. The media has referred to a data driven response, to modelling and forecasting. Clinicians have spoken about the need to have the right data at the right time and in the right format to make informed decisions. In Wales we are taking a leap forward to address these challenges with the National Data Resource (NDR).

Following their success at the Forward Healthcare Awards, TEC Cymru have picked up another award at this year’s MediWales Innovation Awards for their national rapid rollout of the NHS Wales Video Consulting Service.

Interoperability standards are a key component to opening up NHS Wales architecture. Making the way we interact with our systems consistent and standardised can improve information standards and the quality of information in systems used across the NHS in Wales.

An online medical trauma resilience management (MedTRiM) practitioner course is launched in Wales to further support the NHS doctors and nurses in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic.

This project saw NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS), Value Based Health Care (VBHC), Patients Know Best (PKB) and Dr Doctor (DrDr) collaborate to improve the process around the collection and storage of PROMs data.

The National Data Resource (NDR) launches a series of online workshops to discuss and showcase the important work that is happening across NHS Wales linked to the NDR. The team kick off the series with the launch of the NDR.

Pharmacists, dentists and optometrists across Wales have been piloting the NHS Wales Video Consulting Service (VCS), following its initial success with GPs during the COVID-19 outbreak.

PhysioNow, the online tool providing an agile and remote triaging tool for all Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, has extended its pilot to ensure continued access for patients. This will continue to alleviate pressure on the teams at Cwm Taf Morgannwg and Hywel Dda University Health Boards.

TEC Cymru scoop up award at the 2020 Forward Healthcare Awards for their national rapid rollout of the NHS Wales Video Consulting Service.