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Rob Thompson, chief digital, data and technology officer at NHS England

National NHS chief digital, data and tech officer appointed

30 March 2026

Rob Thompson has been appointed chief digital, data and technology officer across the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England.

Danny Roberts, chief information officer at East Cheshire NHS Trust, speaking at Rewired 2026

Cheshire trusts optimising shared EPR following go-live

30 March 2026

East Cheshire NHS Trust and Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are continuing to optimise their shared EPR months after launch.

Mark Cubbon, chief executive at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester trust to expand use of Microsoft’s AI tools

30 March 2026

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is expanding the use of AI tools across its workforce in collaboration with Microsoft.

Dermot Ryan, director of transformation at NHS England

Only 30% of trusts with EPRs have integrated data flows, finds DMA

27 March 2026

The 2025 Digital Maturity Assessment shows 93% of NHS providers use EPRs but only 30% have fully integrated bi-directional data flows.

Helen Balsdon, national CNIO (Credit: Graham Meek)

Avoid unnecessary piloting of ‘excellent’ tech, says national CNIO

27 March 2026

The NHS must “accelerate” and scale proven innovations to meet rising demand, Helen Balsdon told Digital Health Rewired.

(L to R) Amy Freeman, CDIO at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust and chair of the CIO Advisory Panel, John Mitchell, associate director of digital at NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB and chair of the ICS Digital Council, Hayley Grafton, CNIO at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and chair of the CNIO Advisory Panel, Ben Jeeves, CCIO and CSO at T-Pro and chair of the CSO Council, and Penny Kechagioglou, consultant clinical oncologist, CCIO and deputy chief medical officer at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and chair of the CCIO Advisory Panel

NHS urged to optimise existing tech before chasing new solutions

27 March 2026

The chairs of the Digital Health Networks have urged NHS organisations to focus on optimising existing digital tools over chasing new tech.

Jenna Cusworth-Bolger, senior service designer at Genomics England talking on the stage at Rewired 2026

Major genomics data study hits recruitment milestone

27 March 2026

The Generation Study has recruited half its intended study group, delegates at Digital Health Rewired heard

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, chief executive of Patients Know Best, standing in a living room

Feedback Medical and Patients Know Best announce partnership

16 March 2026

A partnership will bring together Feedback Medical’s elective care platform with Patients Know Best’s personal

Child rapist could have profiled victims through NHS data access

16 March 2026

A former NHS analyst and convicted child rapist could have used unaudited database queries to

Beverley Bryant, chief digital officer at University Hospitals Dorset, Dorset County Hospitals and Dorset Health University NHS Foundation Trusts

Somerset and Dorset sign £222m contract with Epic for unified EPR

13 March 2026

Four NHS trusts in Dorset and Somerset have signed a £222 million contract with Epic

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, minister for health wearing a suit and smiling

Ireland publishes national AI strategy for healthcare

13 March 2026

Ireland’s Minister for Health has launched a national strategy dedicated to the safe and effective

Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives

13 March 2026

This roundup includes NHS England awarding a digital vaccinations services contract worth more than £33m

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