Jeremy Hunt remains as health secretary in parliamentary reshuffle
12 June 2017
Jeremy Hunt has retained his position as health secretary, following the Cabinet reshuffle triggered by the General Election on Thursday.
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“Life’s so much easier” with new self-care app for warfarin therapy patients
12 June 2017
LumiraDx group has launched ‘engage’ app which delivers seamlessly automated self-care for patients on warfarin therapy (decreases blood’s tendency to clot)
Shock general election result knocks health ministers off seats
9 June 2017
The UK has woken up to a shock hung parliament result which has cut the Conservative party of its parliamentary majority. What does it mean for health IT?
Healthcare IT news round-up
9 June 2017
The healthcare IT round-up includes new drug theft preventative software, a trust’s digitisation of its HR records and the ICO’s new grant programme.
Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust help create vital signs app
8 June 2017
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has helped develop a vital signs app which alerts staff to a patient’s deterioration before it becomes life threatening.
Mid Essex goes live with Lorenzo EPR across organisation
8 June 2017
Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust has gone live with DXC’s Lorenzo EPR with the go-live having gone “as well as can reasonably be expected”.
General Election 2017: what each party promises to do for NHS IT
7 June 2017
The general election is tomorrow – but what does it all mean for the NHS and the healthcare IT sector in particular – we break down party promises.
NHS England recruiting for CDIO of online hospital trust
22 June 2026
NHS England is recruiting for a chief digital information officer (CDIO) for its new online
Powys Teaching Health Board goes live with Better ePMA
22 June 2026
Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) has gone live an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA)
Essex Partnership digital tool improves leg wound and ulcer care
19 June 2026
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a digital tool to improve care for
West Midlands NHS imaging programme enters procurement
19 June 2026
An NHS imaging transformation programme serving 6.6 million people across the West Midlands has entered
Health minister apologises for NHSE error on FDP data access
18 June 2026
Health minister Preet Kaur Gill has apologised for NHSE’s handling of information provided to the
