NHS England advertises for interim chief information officer
12 February 2025
8:30 AM
NHS England has placed an advert for an interim chief information officer (CIO) ahead of the departure of John Quinn.
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Government to fund UK cancer research through AI
11 February 2025
1:30 PM
The government has announced £82.6m in research funding to support UK companies tackling cancer and accelerating drug discovery using AI.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing 
11 February 2025
11:30 AM
Today’s news roundup covers PocDoc’s partnership with Well Pharmacy and Nexer Digital’s work improving inclusive digital access.
Digital inclusion project launched to improve diabetes care in Wales
11 February 2025
11:00 AM
Public Health Wales (PHW) has appointed Healthia to lead a project to improve the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ has ‘reporting issues’ with £450m Epic EPR
11 February 2025
8:30 AM
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is using manual data extraction for key reporting tasks, owing to issues with its £450m Epic EPR.
Guidance to simplify medtech procurement to launch in 2025
10 February 2025
1:30 PM
Guidance to simplify the procurement of health technology is expected to launch in 2025, according to Baroness Gillian Merron.
Liva Healthcare acquires Momenta for undisclosed sum
10 February 2025
11:00 AM
App-based healthy lifestyle coaching provider, Liva Healthcare, has acquired Discover Momenta and secured additional funding.
Value of apps and wearables questioned
16 April 2015
The potential for smartphone apps and wearable devices to have an effect on health outcomes
Lib Dem manifesto promises GPs by Skype
15 April 2015
The Liberal Democrats have promised to open up access to GPs by phone and Skype
Tory manifesto re-runs access pledge
14 April 2015
The Conservative Party has promised to continue the NHS transparency agenda and to give people
e-Referral Service ‘live on 15 June’
14 April 2015
The new NHS e-Referral Service will go-live on 15 June as part of plans to
Geisinger sets SMART apps on FHIR
14 April 2015
US healthcare provider, Geisinger Health System, has unveiled an EnrG suite of interoperable software applications,
