Doctors’ leaders have voted in favour of GP practices refusing to comply with the requirement to make online consultation tools available throughout core hours.
Changes to the GP contract, which came into effect on 1…
Care minister Stephen Kinnock held a call with integrated care board (ICB) leaders to identify areas that are struggling to roll out online access to primary care and discuss how the government can support…
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Introduction
The healthcare industry is facing significant operational challenges as hospital leadership responds to economic uncertainty. A recent Black Book Research survey reveals that 60% of hospital Chief Information Officers (CIOs) have received direct orders…
NHS England has announced that millions more people are using online consultation requests to contact their GP practice each month.
Figures show 6.5 million online consultation requests were submitted to GPs in September 2025, up…
Overview of the Partnership
Healthcare technology leader WellSky has announced a strategic partnership with Suki to integrate cutting-edge ambient artificial intelligence scribe technology into its specialty care electronic health record (EHR) system. This collaboration marks…
What You Should Know:
– Verily, a precision health AI company, today announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to integrate NVIDIA’s complete AI technology stack into its Pre platform.
– The strategic integration is designed to help…
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Sir Julian Hartley, former chief executive of the Care Quality Commission (Credit: CQC)
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned that the NHS’s shift to digital risks excluding vulnerable patients and widening existing health…
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Despite the government shutdown, healthcare providers remain subject to CMS timelines, including those for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
CMS has just released payment adjustment documentation for 2026, which is driven by 2024…
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…
Richard Stubbs, chief executive of Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber and Dame Barbara Hakin, chair of the Health Tech Alliance (Credit: HTA)
Decisive reforms have created an economic opening for health technologies, write Richard…
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