Movers and Shakers news roundup
14 March 2025
This Movers and Shakers roundup focuses on departures at NHS England, following government announcements that it will lose half of its staff.
News
Keir Starmer announces plan to abolish NHS England
13 March 2025
Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced plans to bring NHS England back into the Department of Health and Social Care.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
13 March 2025
Today’s news briefing covers InterSystems’ new IntelliCare EHR, seed funding for Ignota Labs, and The King’s Fund’s Social Care 360 report.
£10m boost for augmented reality glasses to help gamify physio
13 March 2025
Strolll, a company that uses augmented reality (AR) glasses to help patients with neurological disorders, has secured £10.35m in funding.
More than 5,000 vital NHS screenings missed due to IT oversight
13 March 2025
An admin error meant more than 5,200 patients weren’t invited to routine screening because their details didn’t reach the right IT systems.
Technology enabled care programme extended in West Midlands
12 March 2025
A West Midlands adult social care programme that uses digital tech to help citizens live safely at home for longer has been extended.
Digital Health Unplugged: How ‘legacy debt’ is risking patient safety
12 March 2025
Host Jordan Sollof is joined by Kaye Reynolds and Sascha Mullen to delve into how ‘legacy debt’ in the NHS is risking patient safety.
Several trusts selected for NHSX’s Digital Aspirant Plus programme
10 November 2021
Several trusts have been selected to take part in the NHSX’s Digital Aspirant Plus programme
Birmingham Community Healthcare uses ‘test bed’ approach with new EPR
10 November 2021
Birmingham Community Healthcare’s Mosley Hospital’s Ward 5 is the first inpatient facility within the trust
RwHealth raises £6.1m in Series A funding to fight NHS backlog
9 November 2021
RwHealth has raised around £6.1million ($8.4million) in funding and is aiming to use the money
PUBLIC and Amazon Web Services launch UK healthcare accelerator
9 November 2021
PUBLIC has teamed up with Amazon Web Services to launch its first UK healthcare accelerator
Barts Health signs deal with Sectra for digital pathology network
8 November 2021
Barts Health has signed a deal with Sectra for a digital pathology network that will
