The Department of Health and Social Care will launch a consultation on the clinical risk standards for the use of digital health technologies in 2024/2025, the minister for patient safety has confirmed.
In a letter…
A coroner has warned the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and SSP Health to take action to improve GP electronic triage systems, following the death of a patient.
Allan Robin Hamilton died of…
Digital NHS Health Checks to identify risk of cardiovascular disease will be piloted by three local authorities in England before nationwide rollout.
Norfolk County Council, Medway Council and Lambeth Council have been selected as test…
The Care Quality Commission says IT connectivity issues at Solent NHS Trust have compromised patient care.
‘Significant problems’ with IT systems, most notably the provider portal, contributed to failings at Care Quality Commission (CQC),…
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The junior ministers responsible for digital, data and MedTech within the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have been announced.
Appointments were made by Wes Streeting, Labour MP for Ilford North, who became health…
The UK had a trade deficit in MedTech products of £5.4 billion in 2023, government figures have revealed.
‘Life sciences competitive indicators 2024’, published by the Department of Health and Social Care on 11 July…
NHS England has slashed investment in its flagship NHS AI Lab from a promised £250 million to just £139m, as it cuts back on national investment in NHS digitisation, Digital Health News has learned.The…
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published a tender to secure a partner organisation to deliver projects to support the digital skills development of the adult social care (ASC) workforce.The tender…
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The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a procurement for an interoperability platform for adult social care. The interoperability architecture is meant to support the care and treatment of both patients and users…
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Earlier this week, the government announced its plan to tackle ethnic and other biases in medical devices, in a bid to position the UK as a world leader on the topic. The plan follows…
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