Nationwide to cull 150 mortgage advisers as it shifts to online consultations

Nationwide to cull 150 mortgage advisers as it shifts to online consultations with borrowers Nationwide ramped up virtual mortgage appointments during the lockdown It now carries out more than half of its consultations online Many advisers are expected to accept voluntary redundancy By Helen Cahill For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 BST, 29 May … Read more

Huge fall in adoptions as social workers turn to Zoom consultations during coronavirus pandemic 

Huge fall in adoptions because social workers are using to Zoom to work with families and children during coronavirus pandemic Social workers are using Zoom to talk with troubled children and their families  Survey says adoptions hit by lack of direct work with families and court delays Social workers began face-to-face meetings again as lockdown … Read more

Russia to withdraw from MH17 consultations citing ‘vicious’ attempts to pin blame on Moscow 

Russia will withdraw from consultations with the Netherlands and Australia over the MH17 flight shot down over Ukraine in 2014, complaining of ‘vicious’ attempts to pin blame on Moscow. ‘Hostile acts by the Netherlands have made any continuation of the trilateral consultations and our participation senseless,’ Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday. … Read more

A telehealth app glitch accidentally allowed users to view other patients’ video consultations

A telehealth app glitch accidentally allowed users to view other patients’ video consultations Babylon Health admitted to exposing some users’ video consultations  Three users in the UK were affected, the company says A glitch was introduced after the company added a new feature It has since been patched and affected users were notified  By James … Read more

Online GP app Babylon Health suffers data breach allowing users to see other patients’ consultations

Online GP app Babylon Health suffers major data breach after users are able to see dozens of private consultations between doctors and patients Babylon Health lets its 2.3m users speak to a doctor through a smartphone call  One patient found he had access to dozens of video recordings of other users  The company found a … Read more