Upheaval at the centre is a distraction which could worsen shortages of digital expertise on the frontline, argues Dawn Greaves, associate director of digital transformation at Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Wes Streeting has insisted…
AI-driven heart scans which cut the need for invasive tests have saved millions of pounds, according to an analysis.
The Heartflow technology, which has been rolled out across 56 hospitals in England since 2021,…
An evaluation of the NHS AI Lab has called for national support to ensure that AI initiatives can be scaled and sustained.
The NHS AI Lab was launched by NHS England and the Department of…
The accelerated rollout of the NHS App has saved 1.5 million appointments and helped cut waiting times for patients, according to the data published by the Department of Health and Social Care.
Through the app,…
Ming Tang, interim chief digital and information officer (CDIO) at NHS England, will headline Digital Health Summer Schools 2025 as national keynote.
Tang has co-chaired a 10-year health plan working group and led the federated…
Figures from NHS England show that the number of practices which patients can join online has more than doubled in the last 12 months, with more than 6,150 practices supporting registration through the NHS…
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NHS England has launched a ‘ping and book’ pilot project which uses the NHS App to invite participants to their breast screening appointments.
Between December 2024 and February 2025, three breast screening offices (BSOs) in…
Hayley Grafton and Helen Balsdon, two chief nursing information officers (CNIOs) at the forefront of UK digital nursing, are the first speakers to be announced for Digital Health Summer Schools 2025.
Grafton, CNIO at University…
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is running user acceptance testing for a Referral to Treatment (RTT) clinical letters validation tool on the federated data platform (FDP).
The tool is designed to streamline RTT…
Wes Streeting, health secretary, has confirmed the government’s commitment to retaining the digital workforce amid the abolition of NHS England.
Speaking at the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee on 8 April…
