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19 February 2021

Digital innovation must be ‘at heart’ of healthcare reform

Public Policy Projects called on the government to use digital innovation to better enable collaboration across the NHS and social
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Interoperability
15 February 2021

Interoperability should not come at cost of “transparent” procurement

Integrated care systems will need to have interoperability embedded if true joined up health and care is to be achieved,
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12 February 2021

NHS overhaul: ‘Real opportunity’ for digital leaders to shape the future

The chair of Digital Health's CCIO Network has said government plans to overhaul the NHS provide "real opportunity" for digital
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11 February 2021

Government announces plans to reform NHS for more joined up care

The NHS reform will “modernise the legal framework” to make the health system “fit for the future”, according to a
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10 February 2021

Call for audit of social care to create ‘roadmap’ for digitisation

According to TechUK social care has been a “policy no man’s land” with attempts to find sustainable models often proving
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14 January 2021

Poor data flows ‘throttled’ timely response to Covid-19

Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee labelled the speed at which public health data was first made available “unacceptable”.
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13 November 2020

An alternative (re)view of NHS Digital and NHSX

In a column for Digital Health News under an alias, David Boyd, provides some suggestions for the upcoming Wade-Gery review
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6 November 2020

DHSC must still learn the lessons of its failed IT programmes

DHSC and the NHS have a “long way to go" to deal with the legacy of their track record of
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock inside 10 Downing Street. Credit: 10 Downing Street
17 December 2019

Matt Hancock remains health secretary after UK general election

Matt Hancock will remain as health secretary after Thursday's General Election after Prime Minster Boris Johnson announced a small cabinet
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10 September 2019

Government invests £130m in new tech to tackle life-changing diseases

This includes £50m going towards NHS diagnostic services and support the work of existing 'centres of excellence' in digital pathology and
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