As of September 2024, more than half of acute trusts, 75 in total, have signed up to the NHS federated data platform (FDP), surpassing the initial target of 71 trusts by the end of…
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NHS England has been informed by lawyers that key aspects of its federated data platform (FDP) lack a legal basis, meaning that unless it can find a solution, citizens must be allowed to opt…
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The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change has proposed a crash programme to create digital health records (DHRs) for all UK citizens within five years.
In the report, ‘Preparing the NHS for the AI era,…
NHS England has written to trusts informing them that they must begin using the national Federated Data Platform (FDP) and its analytic products within two years.
Dame Emily Lawson, NHS England’s chief operating officer (COO),…
Adoption of the federated data platform (FDP) is “progressing at pace”, according to an announcement from NHS England.
It follows criticism from health secretary Wes Streeting, in June 2024, about the “glacial” pace of adoption…
The junior ministers responsible for digital, data and MedTech within the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have been announced.
Appointments were made by Wes Streeting, Labour MP for Ilford North, who became health…
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has criticised the “glacial” pace of adoption of the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) and suggested that Labour would deliver “a more effective culture of innovation”.Speaking at an event…
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Demonstrators disrupted sessions and gathered outside the NHS Confed Expo to protest against its sponsorship by US data analytics giant Palantir.The US firm provoked widespread controversy when it was awarded a £330 million contract…
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NHS England chief executive, Amanda Pritchard said the NHS is at “a tipping point” when it comes to the use of technology.Speaking at the NHS Confed Expo in Manchester on 12 June 2024, Pritchard…
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Kettering General Hospital and Northampton General Hospital have become the first of 44 pilot sites to transition to a local instance of the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP).The FDP enables the hospitals, which form…
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