Report into NHS communications says it uses 130,000 pagers and it is surprising ‘legacy equipment is relied upon in emergency situations’More than one in 10 of the world’s pagers is being used in the NHS, according to estimates. A report looking at communications within the National Health Service said around 130,000 of the devices were employed at an annual cost of £6.6m. Compiled by digital solutions company CommonTime, the report said pagers were not only limited - they do not support two-way communication - but also costly. Replacing the nearly 130,000 pagers with use of mobile software could save the NHS £2.7m a year, the report found. But Geoff Hall, of the Informatics Leeds Cancer Centre, said: “Pagers seem like old technology, but they still exist purely for their inherent high levels of resilience.

Source: The Guardian September 09, 2017 06:11 UTC