Mike Fell, executive director of national cyber security operations at NHS England (Credit: Mike Fell)
NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have issued an open letter to NHS…
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The government has acknowledged that its flagship digital reforms face significant delivery risks, citing a history of NHS IT programmes underestimating cost, complexity and timescales.
An impact statement on the NHS 10 year health plan,…
Dr Melanie Ivarsson, chief executive of the Health Data Research Service (HDRS) (Credit: Department of Health and Social Care)
Dr Melanie Ivarsson has been appointed chief executive of the Health Data Research Service (HDRS),…
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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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The government’s ‘shift to digital’ is not achievable without teams that can deliver it, writes Natalie Chishick, founder of Chishick Communications
The Department of Health and Social Care is expected to publish its long-awaited 10…
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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Dr Kultar Singh Garcha, an NHS GP and chief medical officer at Flow Neuroscience, criticised the report
A high risk group for suicide and untreated mental illness are under-represented in the government’s Men’s Health…
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Baroness Nicola Blackwood, chair of the Health Data Research Service (HDRS) (Credit: UK Parliament)
Baroness Nicola Blackwood has been appointed as chair of the Health Data Research Service (HDRS), backed by up to £600…
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is planning to allow researchers to access patient data from the Covid-19 pandemic, despite concerns raised by doctors’ representatives.
A formal direction, ‘GP Data for Consented Research’…
Thousands of NHS job cuts will go ahead in England after a deal was reached with the Treasury to allow the health service to overspend this year to cover the cost of redundancies.
The government…
