Digital Health Unplugged: Contact-tracing app U-turn
30 June 2020
Join senior reporter Andrea Downey, editor Hannah Crouch, and editor-in-chief Jon Hoeksma as they look at the reasons behind the U-turn.
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NHS Digital CEO named as one of the Global Top 100 Data Visionaries
30 June 2020
Sarah Wilkinson has been named as one of the Global Top 100 Data Visionaries by HotTopics for the work she overseen at NHS Digital during Covid-19.
Contact-tracing app U-turn ‘shouldn’t distract from wider data concerns’
29 June 2020
Professor Eerke Boiten raised concerns about the companies with āstrong political connectionsā that have access to the data.
‘Clinically unsafe’ Health Help Now app set to be deleted
29 June 2020
Health Help Now will no longer be available to users from the end of June following the decision to decommission the service.
British Gas volunteers who delivered telehealth equipment thanked
29 June 2020
Liverpool CCG and a telehealth provider have thanked volunteers from British Gas who helped deliver equipment across the city during the Covid-19 pandemic.
E-prescribing go-live at Somerset NHS FT goes ‘Better’ than expected
26 June 2020
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with Better’s e-prescribing and medications management solution across its surgical services.
Reassurance on privacy of contact-tracing app remains ‘crucial’
26 June 2020
Harriet Harman, chair of the joint human rights committee, has written to Matt Hancock requesting further information on how data will be used by the app.
NHSE to roll out Microsoft AI assistant to 505,000 NHS staff
8 June 2026
NHS England is rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot to 505,000 clinicians and support staff across
NHSBT study to use AI and genomic data for blood matching
8 June 2026
An NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) study will evaluate an algorithm designed to improve blood
North Ayrshire selects Totalmobile platform to modernise care visits
5 June 2026
North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) will implement Totalmobile’s digital platform to improve
Data guardian seeks clarification on Palantir patient data access
5 June 2026
The National Data Guardian has asked NHSE to explain how Palantir staff gained access to
Movers and Shakers news roundup
5 June 2026
This Movers and Shakers roundup includes health secretary Wes Streeting’s resignation and the appointment of
