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Children's Care
10 July 2023

Virtual wards expansion will see thousands more children treated at home

NHS England has announced it will be expanding virtual wards to include children across the UK - bringing hospital-level care
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7 July 2023

Workforce Plan says NHS England to establish expert AI group

NHS England and the government are to set up an expert group to ensure the NHS takes advantage of the
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30 May 2023

Government and NHSE to rename and relaunch AHSNs as HINs

The government and NHS England have confirmed their intention to relaunch England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks as Health Innovation
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4 April 2023

Hewitt recommends NHSE invite ICSs to identify digital and data leaders

In her independent review of ICSs, Patricia Hewitt has recommended that NHS England should invite ICSs to identify digital and
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NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app
31 March 2023

NHS Covid-19 app to close down on 27 April following decline in users

The NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app is to be discontinued on 27 April 2023 following a steady decline in the number
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3 March 2023

AI awards help build evidence base for technologies – health secretary

In an exclusive column for Digital Health News, Health Secretary Steve Barclay says the government's investments in AI can help
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3 March 2023

DHSC awards £16 million for pioneering AI research

The government is investing £16 million in AI technologies to help patients manage conditions and increase the speed and accuracy
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17 February 2023

Government progress on digitising the NHS ‘inadequate’ says Commons Expert Panel

The Government is making inadequate progress on vital commitments to digitise the NHS, an independent expert panel has found, with
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Technology in medicine
7 February 2023

Government strategy sets out to increase access to medical technology

The government has set out an ambition to accelerate access to medical technologies as part of the first ever medtech
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Virtual Wards
30 January 2023

Government plans 500% expansion of virtual wards

The government is aiming to scale up virtual wards, with an ‘ambition’ to treat up to 50,000 people a month
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