Professor Peter Johnson, NHS national cancer director (Image provided by NHS England)
People at higher risk of developing cancer because of inherited genes will be regularly checked and tracked by the NHS under a…
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The NHS needs a strategy to turn EPRs into real assets for health, writes Alex Lawrence, improvement fellow at the Health Foundation
Electronic patient records (EPRs) are an example of a much wider challenge…
Jordan Sollof
Digital Health Unplugged covers all things health technology and NHS IT. Hosted by Digital Health’s news reporter Jordan Sollof, the podcast delves into key issues and news stories in the sector. It also…
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NHS England has begun recruitment for a chair for its online hospital NHS Online, which will be established as a trust in June 2026.
Prime minister Keir Starmer announced in September 2025 that the NHS…
Rachel Hope, director of digital prevention services at NHS England (Credit: NHSE)
The NHS App is planned to become the central national channel for delivering preventative healthcare, said Rachel Hope, director of digital prevention…
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Dr Alec Price-Forbes, national chief clinical information officer for England (Credit: Jordan Sollof)
NHS England has today published a self-certified registry for national ambient voice technology (AVT) suppliers to show evidence of compliance.
AVT is…
Barry Frostick, chief digital and information officer at Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System
The divide between health and social care information leads to significant capacity delays, writes Barry Frostick, chief digital and…
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As the NHS becomes more tech-savvy, “the real risk is not moving too fast, but moving too slowly,” the health secretary has warned.
In a keynote speech delivered on 13 January 2026 at the Institute…
The government has acknowledged that its flagship digital reforms face significant delivery risks, citing a history of NHS IT programmes underestimating cost, complexity and timescales.
An impact statement on the NHS 10 year health plan,…
Details of an NHS programme aimed at maximising frontline productivity through the effective use of digital, have been leaked on LinkedIn.
The Frontline Productivity (FP) programme, which is expected to launch in April, will succeed…
