Pritchard hints at change to national director of transformation role
31 January 2025
Amanda Pritchard has hinted at changes to the leadership of NHS England’s Transformation Directorate, as staffing cuts are announced.
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Henrietta Hughes to keynote on Patient Engagement Stage at Rewired
30 January 2025
Dr Henrietta Hughes OBE, England’s patient safety commissioner, will be a Patient Engagement and Outcomes Stage keynote at Rewired 2025.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
30 January 2025
Today’s news roundup covers updates on East Cheshire’s virtual ward scheme and a report on the viability of Labour’s NHS wait list target.
NHSE awards NHS.UK contract worth £37.5m to BJSS
30 January 2025
NHS England has awarded a contract worth £37.5 million to technology consultancy firm BJSS Limited to help develop the NHS App.
Patients must help design digital services, says The King’s Fund
30 January 2025
The King’s Fund has called for patient engagement around digital health technologies to be more than just a “tick box exercise”.
No set date for the NHS to be paperless, says Amanda Pritchard
29 January 2025
Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of NHS England, has admitted that there is no set date at which the NHS will become paperless.
Project launched to improve regulation of AI healthcare devices
29 January 2025
Seven Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation are to accelerate pathways for innovative medicines and devices.
Kooth and myGP team up to improve digital mental health access
7 March 2022
Kooth has collaborated with myGP to allow the app to self-refer patients to the its
Sheffield Children’s Hospital hosts robot study for paediatrics
4 March 2022
Sheffield Children’s Hospital is hosting a study exploring the use of social robots to calm
Allscripts to sell part of its business to Harris for £526million
4 March 2022
Health IT supplier Allscripts has announced it has reached an agreement to sell its electronic
Scottish hospital pilots AI tech for cervical cancer screening
4 March 2022
University Hospital Monklands is piloting cervical screening technology that uses AI to speed up the
Industry news in brief
4 March 2022
The latest Digital Health News industry round-up includes NHS approval for Verto 365, an ophthalmology
