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30 April 2026
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AI cuts patient call wait times by up to 90% at UHSussex
30 April 2026
Patient call wait times at University Hospitals Sussex have been cut by up to 90% since the implementation of AI technology from Netcall.
NHS to expand AI use through federated data platform
29 April 2026
The NHS is planning to ramp up the use of AI tools through the FDP, including products to support theatre scheduling, triage and discharge.
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29 April 2026
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Patients across England can now check appointments via NHS App
29 April 2026
Patients across England can now check referrals and appointments through the NHS App after it was connected to every acute NHS trust.
New AI-scribing firm added to NHS England’s supplier registry
28 April 2026
AI-scribing tool G2 Speech has been recognised as a self-certified supplier on the NHS England ambient voice technology (AVT) registry.
The Forgotten Patients: Is the digital NHS leaving people behind?
28 April 2026
This special report from Unplugged explores whether the NHS’s shift to digital is improving access to healthcare or creating new barriers.
UnitedHealth Group to buy GP IT provider EMIS for £1.2billion
18 June 2022
American health giant UnitedHealth Group has agreed to acquire EMIS Group in an all-cash deal
NHS Highland harness the benefits of robotic surgery
17 June 2022
NHS Highland has carried out nearly 100 robot assisted surgeries since August 2021, when it
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
17 June 2022
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives brings you news of a digitisation
NHS wants to stop ‘reinventing the wheel’ and involve public in digitisation
16 June 2022
A panel of NHS digital leads have told the ConfedExpo audience that frontline digitisation of
Second NHS official to join Palantir as it guns for £360m contract
16 June 2022
Harjeet Dhaliwal, deputy director of data services at NHS England and NHS Improvement will follow
