Matt Hancock

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100 NHS boards completed cyber security training since WannaCry

It was unclear if the 100 NHS boards that had completed their training were of the 236 hospital trusts in
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Tech companies challenged to develop new GP IT systems

The tender for the GP IT Futures Framework has been issued in a bid to create an open market for comapanies
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All hospitals and GPs to be connected to fibre optic broadband, Hancock says

The health secretary said the upgrade would support a promise made in the NHS Long Term Plan to improve the
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Matt Hancock faces backlash for collaborating on TaxPayers’ Alliance report

The Taxpayers' Alliance (TPA) report claims £18.5 billion could be saved by 2030 across NHS budgets if more automated services
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Matthew Gould confirmed as new CEO of NHSX by DHSC

The government digital policy chief will join NHSX in the summer and will have strategic responsibility for setting the national
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Hancock calls for more genomic counsellors to explain DNA technology

Speaking at The Royal Society event today, Matt Hancock's call for more counsellors will form part of the National Genomics Healthcare
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Hancock says the ‘tide of technology should be embraced’

The health secretary also said NHSX will be “a brand new, specialist bridge between the worlds of healthcare and technology”.
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EXC: Hancock to reveal NHSX ‘will be the bridge between tech and health’

Speaking later today in London, the health secretary is expected to set out his vision for the newest addition to
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Joe’s View: On Matt Hancock and hoping that, this time, it’s for real

Professor Joe McDonald has seen many national NHS IT leaders come and go, ultimately failing in their attempts to change
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What Matt Hancock got right – and wrong – about the pager purge

No one could disagree with Matt Hancock's contention that the pager is an outdated pieces of technology. But Joost Bruggeman
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