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Digital services and IT systems in the NHS will have to meet a new set of open standards and existing solutions will have to be upgraded, according to a new policy paper released by the Department of Health and Social Care.

The Netherlands signs declaration to link up access to genomic databases across the EU, joining 17 other member states already involved in the initiative.

Also: UK ministers to organise roundtable with companies to explore the impact of technology on loneliness and Japanese hospital joins AI research project through five-year partnership with London-based DeepMind Health.

European Investment Bank supports the implementation of Ireland's eHealth programme with a €225m loan.

The Department of Health and Social Care estimates that the WannaCry cyber attack from May 2017 cost the NHS £92m.

Through a partnership with University College London, NHS Digital and other leading industry experts, a new centre has been opened at a hospital in London to transform the use of technology across health and care.