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Hancock Rewired
12 March 2021

Matt Hancock to headline Digital Health Rewired 2021

The secretary for state for health and social care, Matt Hancock, has been announced as a keynote speaker for Digital
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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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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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Health Secretary Matt Hancock inside 10 Downing Street. Credit: 10 Downing Street
27 January 2021

Hancock: UK will work with G7 and others to look at AI standards

The UK will work with other G7 nations and other states “to look at internationally recognised standards for AI”, the health
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20 October 2020

Dido Harding assures no risk to patient data during Excel error

Baroness Dido Harding said there was “at no time any risk to patient data”, adding that it is kept securely
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15 October 2020

Dido Harding questioned on safety standards of using Microsoft Excel

It comes as nearly 16,000 Covid-19 cases went unreported between 25 September and 2 October, reportedly due to an error
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8 September 2020

Government announces £50m diagnostic products under National AI Lab

A range of AI tools that can accurately analyse breast cancer screening scans and assess emergency stroke patients will be
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29 August 2020

Government pledges £50m for AI to improve diagnosis of deadly disease

The investment aims to speed up the diagnosis of deadly diseases like cancer through using AI to upgrade pathology and
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11 August 2020

Digital Health Unplugged: August news team debrief

Senior reporter Andrea Downey, editor Hannah Crouch and editor-in-chief Jon Hoeksma look at if the NHS is at a stage
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7 August 2020

Totally remote GP services ‘wouldn’t be in anybody’s best interests’

Chair of the Royal College of GPs recognised the need to continue embracing technology following Covid-19 but cautioned “as long
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