Record 39 million people registered for the NHS App
An end-of-year update released by NHS England says that the NHS App has more than 39 million registered users.
The app is a key part of the 10 year health plan and intended to become…
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Digital Health’s 2025 Review: Top 10 news stories
The year 2025 saw the publication of a new NHS 10 year health plan for England, an announcement that NHS England will be merged into the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), and…
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NHS England quietly removes open source policy web pages
NHS England has removed open source policy pages from its websites without any announcement or explanation to the public.
Open source software allows source code to be publicly available to view and scrutinise, in contrast…
PRSB to relaunch in 2026 with revised funding model
Oliver Lake, chief executive of the Professional Record Standards Body (Credit: PRSB)
Exclusive: The Professional Records Standards Body (PRSB) will relaunch in 2026 with a revised funding model, after NHS England ceased its core…
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AI tool helps spot deadly clots in stroke patients faster, study shows
Dr David Hargroves, national clinical director for stroke at NHS England (Credit: NHS England)
An AI imaging tool can help doctors spot deadly clots in stroke patients more than an hour earlier, a study…
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NHSE directors to discuss ‘shift to prevention’ at Rewired 2026
NHS England directors Rachel Hope and Liz Clow are the latest speakers confirmed for Digital Health Rewired 2026, where they will discuss the development of national digital products shaping the shift to prevention.
The pair…
Government updates NHS IP guidance to speed up innovation
Dr Zubir Ahmed, health innovation and safety minister (Credit: Department of Health and Social Care)
The government has updated Intellectual Property (IP) guidance for the NHS in England to speed up innovation and patient…
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Single patient record will not be ‘huge data lake’ says Ming Tang
Ming Tang, interim chief digital and information officer at NHS England (Credit: NHSE)
Ming Tang, interim chief digital and information officer at NHS England, said that the single patient record (SPR) will connect existing…
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Apprenticeships launched to train NHS staff on the FDP
An apprenticeship programme is being launched to equip NHS staff with the critical skills needed to use the federated data platform (FDP) effectively.
The NHS FDP connects vital data which is currently stored in separate…
NHS providers reviewing stolen data published by cyber criminals
Pathology supplier Synnovis is contacting NHS organisations which had data stolen and published online following a major cyber attack last year.
The ransomware attack on 4 June 2024, which led to a patient death, caused widespread…