Digital Health’s 2024 Review: Top 10 news stories
The last 12 months has seen a new government, a major cyber attack on the NHS and a commitment to £2bn tech funding hitting the headlines.
Digital Health News has picked out 10 of the…
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NHSE chief nurse Duncan Burton to deliver Rewired 2025 keynote
England’s most senior nurse, Duncan Burton, is the latest high-profile NHS keynote to join the Digital Health Rewired 2025 speaker line-up.
The chief nursing officer for NHS England will speak at Rewired at the NEC…
techUK calls for ring-fenced funding for digital health
IT industry association, techUK has called on the UK government and NHS England to ring-fence funding for digital transformation and cyber resilience in health and social care.
The report ‘Driving Digital Transformation: techUK’s Recommendations for…
Malte Gerhold: ‘We need to make implementation and adoption exciting’
As director of innovation and improvement, Malte Gerhold leads the Health Foundation’s work to enable change in health and care services through technology and data.
Yet despite having ‘innovation’ in his job title, he…
Tang and Ferris to lead data and tech group for 10 year health plan
The government has announced that Ming Tang, chief data and analytics officer for NHS England, and Dr Tim Ferris, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, will lead the data and technology enabling working…
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Government announces £1.5bn to cut NHS elective waiting lists
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced £1.5bn in capital funding for new surgical hubs and scanners to support the delivery of an extra two million NHS appointments a year in England.
Ahead of her budget on…
We have a once in a generation chance to use tech to fix the NHS
A “bold commitment” to tech would deliver benefits in the key areas for action identified by Lord Darzi and agreed by the government, argues Tara Donnelly
The Darzi Review describes an NHS in desperate and…
Digital Health Unplugged: Darzi report news team debrief
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Digital Health Unplugged covers all things health technology and NHS IT. Hosted by Digital Health’s news reporter Jordan Sollof, the podcast delves into key issues and news stories in the sector. It also…
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Funding announced to boost development of health tech for cancer
Medical technologies to diagnose cancer, such as scanners and AI models, will be trialled in the UK following funding from the government and support from industry partners.
In a press release, published on 6 October…
How to unlock the potential of patient portals
Digital portals promise huge benefits for patients and providers – but using them is unnecessarily complicated, writes the PRSB’s Oliver Lake
As the NHS faces unprecedented demand, prevention and self-management will be critical approaches for…
