NHS England has announced that newly pregnant women can now self-refer online to get their first midwife appointments.
Mums-to-be can at more than three quarters of trusts in England can refer themselves directly to local…
NHS England has confirmed that nearly 400,000 people have used a prescription tracking feature in the NHS App in the first 10 weeks since its launch.
The ‘Amazon-style’ tracker, which was rolled out in the…
Catia Nicodemo, professor in health economics at Brunel University of London (Image provided by Catia Nicodemo)
The overhaul of the NHS App, announced in the government’s 10 year health plan, could worsen health inequalities,…
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The government has published its Life Sciences Sector Plan, setting out a 10 year mission to harness scientific innovation for economic growth and support a more prevention-focused NHS.
The plan, published on 16 July…
As the NHS shifts to digital we must continue to make space for human connection, writes Dr Karen Marshall, nurse consultant at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
I think we can all now…
The government’s 10 year health plan for the NHS includes several new polices around digital and technology, such as the planned roll out of My Health, a new tool for the NHS App that…
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer will launch the government’s 10 year health plan today by setting out an ambition for the NHS to be ‘digital by default’.
Under the plan, the majority of outpatient care will…
An ‘innovator passport’ will be introduced over the next two years to allow technology that has been robustly assessed by one NHS organisation to be easily rolled out to others, the Department of Health…
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An AI early warning system is being developed on the NHS federated data platform to identify unsafe care “before it becomes a tragedy”.
A press release, published on 30 June 2025 by the Department of…
The government’s long-awaited NHS 10 year health plan is expected to be published this week and anticipation is growing.
Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer first pledged the plan’s creation in response to Lord Darzi’s review…
