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…
Elective care reform is about building systems that work for patients, clinicians, and communities, writes Bec Richmond, director at Optum
The NHS has set ambitious targets for elective care recovery. By March 2026, 65% of…
Digital health leaders have given a mixed reaction to streamlined priorities announced by NHS England, which focus on reducing elective waiting times and increasing access to urgent and emergency care.
The 2025/26 priorities and operational…
The majority of the UK public which is dissatisfied with the NHS see an opportunity for technology to improve its performance, according to a report by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI).
Independent…
At the end of 2024, around one in nine people in England were waiting for elective care, with more than two-fifths waiting for more than 18 weeks. Vin Diwakar, national director of transformation at…
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The government has announced plans to upgrade the NHS App to enable patients to choose providers, book appointments in more settings and receive test results, as part of its elective reform plan to reduce…
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The 107 stroke centres in England are all now utilising AI technology, Darrien Bold, head of elective care at NHS England, has confirmed.
In a blog post published on 5 December 2024, Bold said: “I…
The NHS needs to prioritise the delivery of agile, intuitive systems that enable clinicians to focus on patients, not technology, writes Epro’s Chandu WickramarachchiTechnology investment is a vital component in the evolution of the…
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The NHS is set to roll out artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce the number of missed appointments and free up staff time to help bring down the waiting list for elective care.The expansion to…
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Simulation technology takes the risk out of decision-making to reveal the ideas, technologies, changes in pathways and processes that will improve healthcare, writes Tom StephensonThere’s widespread agreement that the development of new technologies will…
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