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National CCIO addresses ‘macho culture’ and lack of IT leadership diversity

6 September 2018 5:00 PM

Speaking on the second day of the Health and Care Innovation Expo in Manchester, Dr Simon Eccles said the NHS was ‘working very hard’ to make NHS leadership roles ‘more inviting’ to women and people from non-white backgrounds.

NHS England chief executive hails new era of personalised medicine

6 September 2018 2:32 PM

Simon Stevens also said artificial intelligence will play a larger rols in the NHS, singling out DeepMind’s recent research with Moorfields Eye Hospital.

Hancock to announce £200m for additional GDEs

6 September 2018 12:05 AM

Speaking later today at NHS Expo in Manchester, Matt Hancock is also expected to announce the NHS App will be piloted across England from October.

Swindells strikes refreshingly optimistic tone at Expo

5 September 2018 5:48 PM

In a refreshingly upbeat speech from NHS England’s famously-candid national director for operations and information, Swindells suggested NHS IT had taken “a huge step forward” in the past two years.

England’s acute trusts beat deadline for e-Referrals switch

5 September 2018 2:46 PM

In an announcement made at NHS Expo – currently taking place in Manchester – it was revealed 150 acute hospital trusts and 7,110 GP practices have moved to the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) for sending and receiving all first outpatient appointments.