Department of Health and Social Care

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5 November 2024

Concerns raised that NHS digital plans could exclude older adults

Concerns have been raised that government NHS plans, including having a single patient record through the NHS App, will exclude
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5 September 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today’s Coffee Time Briefing covers adaptive brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease and a £400m investment in UK clinical trials.
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Middle-aged man uses app
4 September 2024

Digital NHS Health Checks to be piloted at three councils in 2025

Digital NHS Health Checks to identify risk of cardiovascular disease will be piloted in three councils in England before nationwide
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30 July 2024

Poor IT systems factored in CQC failings, says DHSC report

Significant challenges with IT systems, most notably the provider portal, have contributed to failings at CQC, says DHSC report.
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Healthcare drone. NHS Wales pilots technology
1 July 2024

NHS Wales prepares for drone-based blood transfer service

Aerospace innovators will showcase technology as part of a project to prepare NHS Wales for drone-based services for the transfer
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29 May 2024

DHSC publishes social care digital skills support tender worth £475k

The Department of Health and Social Care has published a tender to secure an organisation to develop the digital skills
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16 May 2024

MHRA launches regulatory sandbox for AI medical devices

The MHRA has now launched AI Airlock - a regulatory sandbox that will explore the challenges that comes with regulating
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26 March 2024

DHSC announces procurement for social care interoperability architecture

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a procurement for an interoperability platform for adult social care. 
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20 February 2024

Pitchfest entrant EarSwitch joins innovative devices pilot

Pitchfest 2024 entrant EarSwitch has been selected to join a pilot programme to help speed up access to innovative technology.
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10 January 2024

West Yorkshire runs at-home chronic kidney disease test trial

Patients in West Yorkshire are to trial an at-home chronic kidney disease detection device thanks to the Health Technology Adoption
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