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20 November 2025
Today’s roundup of news contains a state-of-the-art dissolving stent and software to accelerate diagnosis and treatment pathways for asthma.
News
Three NHS CEOs confirmed as Rewired 2026 speakers
20 November 2025
Three NHS university trust chief executives who are betting big on digital have been confirmed as Digital Health Rewired 2026 speakers.
Manchester University NHS FT launches digital twin
20 November 2025
Manchester University NHS Foundation has gone live with a digital twin of six hospitals as part of its strategy to create a smart estate.
North West Ambulance Service digitises medicine management
19 November 2025
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS) will digitise its medicine inventory process with a digital pharmacy stock management solution.
Smart bra to detect cancer for women with intellectual disabilities
19 November 2025
Researchers are developing a smart textiles bra to help women with intellectual disabilities to monitor for breast cancer.
Single patient record will not be ‘huge data lake’ says Ming Tang
19 November 2025
Ming Tang, interim chief digital and information officer at NHSE, said that the single patient record will connect existing systems.
University Hospitals of Leicester deploys Nervecentre PAS
18 November 2025
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) has deployed Nervecentreâs patient administration system (PAS).
IBM awarded ÂŁ160m to transform NHS App into ‘health companion’
13 April 2026
NHS England has awarded a contract worth more than ÂŁ160m to IBM for the supplier
AI-scribing to be rolled out across UK’s second largest dental group
13 April 2026
Dental group PortmanDentex has announced a twoâyear partnership with Heidi to roll out AI-scribing software
NHS Scotland websites linking to adult and illegal sports content
10 April 2026
NHS Glasgow’s cyber security team is working with a GP practice after its website was
AI-powered app for long-terms conditions rolled out in Warrington
10 April 2026
An AI system to help patients manage long-term health conditions is being rolled out in
Movers and Shakers news roundup
10 April 2026
This roundup includes a host of NHS England departures as well as a new national
