Digital transformation and data-driven intelligence have been positioned as central to how integrated care boards (ICBs) plan, buy, and monitor services, in new commissioning guidelines.
The Strategic Commissioning Framework, published on 6 November 2025, says…
Ric Thompson, senior vice president of health and care at OneAdvanced (Credit: OneAdvanced)
AI agents which automate paperwork management in GP surgeries could free up the equivalent of 150,000 additional appointments a week and…
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Catherine McDonald, deputy chief executive officer and chief strategy officer at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Credit: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS FT)
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is experiencing data validation issues…
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Midwifery leaders have outlined the numerous technical challenges facing maternity care as the NHS implements its 10 year health plan.
Safety issues caused by interoperability issues between systems, digital skills gap, and the implementation of…
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Dr Marc Farr, chair of the Chief Data and Analytics Network and national chair of the Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts (AphA) (Credit: Marc Farr)
NHS England’s mandate that all providers adopt the Federated…
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Dr Oliver Hulson, consultant radiologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) who is leading the trial in Leeds (Credit: LTHT)
An AI-powered service for prostate cancer which can spot lesions in minutes will…
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NHS technology procurement cycles must be more flexible because of rapid changes such as the increasing use of AI, said the national chief clinical information officer for England.
Speaking in a Digital Health webinar on ‘AI…
Julian Beach, interim executive director healthcare quality and access at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) (Credit: MHRA)
A study by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will use AI…
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NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has launched a £150 million framework agreement for digital dictation, speech recognition and outsourced transcription services.
Government guidance, published in April 2025, encourages NHS clinicians to use ambient voice technology…
Liz Kendall, science secretary (Credit: Alecsandra Dragoi / Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The government has announced a new blueprint for AI regulation which could help cut NHS waiting times for patients and…
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