The UK government has announced plans to create a real-time surveillance system to monitor the threat of future pandemics and prevent disease.
A partnership between the government, Genomics England, UK Biobank, NHS England, and Oxford Nanopore…
Socially assistive robot Ari in a Paris hospital. (Credit: Broca Living Lab APHP spring project)
With the right support, the UK’s world-leading healthcare robotics could ease pressure on the NHS and boost national prosperity,…
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The Scottish government says that its Digital Front Door platform “goes beyond” the NHS App because it will include access to both health and social care data and services.
Wes Streeting, health secretary, announced plans…
Medical technologies to diagnose cancer, such as scanners and AI models, will be trialled in the UK following funding from the government and support from industry partners.
In a press release, published on 6 October…
Women in Somerset with breast lumps will be directly referred to a breast diagnostic clinic via the NHS App under a pilot scheme, health secretary Wes Streeting has announced.
Speaking at the Royal College of…
With the Labour Party Conference taking place just a week after the publication of Lord Darzi’s review, it’s no surprise that there was a heavy focus on the report’s recommendations, writes Natalie Chishick on…
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Integration of HMIS, other HIS portals soughtIndia’s Union Health secretary Apurva Chandra has called for the integration of the country’s Health Management Information System with other health information systems in the public sector.
This is…
Adoption of the federated data platform (FDP) is “progressing at pace”, according to an announcement from NHS England.
It follows criticism from health secretary Wes Streeting, in June 2024, about the “glacial” pace of adoption…
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 continues to have lowest number of MRI units, CT and PET scanners per million population amongst comparator countries, government statistics have revealed.
‘Life sciences competitive indicators 2024’, published on 11 July 2024, show…
