public sector

Hundreds of practices hit by small health tech firm going into administration

The UK's top health quango has called on family doctors to figure out how to preserve health information and get in touch with patients after a website provider collapsed earlier this month.

NHS England has taken the unusual step of writing to GPs, warning them of the risks to patient information and continuity of service following the disruption to potentially hundreds of practices around the UK.

Silicon Practice Digital Health Solutions — owned by Schappit Ltd — has gone into administration . Reports suggest some GP websites have gone offline completely.…