James Murray appointed health secretary
15 May 2026
James Murray has been appointed health secretary, replacing Wes Streeting, who announced his resignation yesterday.
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Health secretary Wes Streeting resigns after losing faith in PM
14 May 2026
Wes Streeting has resigned as health secretary, admitting that he has “lost confidence” in Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
14 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a spike in the number of asthmatic people using combination inhalers and wearable technology for caregivers.
West Lancashire trust optimises EPR to improve abdomen pathway
14 May 2026
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals has embedded national guidance into its EPR to optimise the Acute Abdomen Pathway.
Harrogate and District launches phase two of Nervecentre EPR
13 May 2026
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) has gone live with the second phase of its acute electronic patient record (EPR) system.
Health innovation minister Zubir Ahmed resigns
13 May 2026
Dr Zubir Ahmed has resigned as health innovation and safety minister in protest over Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership.
Repairing EPR data errors could cost NHS at least £13.5m in 2026
13 May 2026
NHS trusts in England could spend more than £13.5m in 2026 on correcting data problems that emerge EPR go-lives, MBI Health analysis suggests.
NHS Covid-19 app to be updated to cut isolation alerts
13 July 2021
Transport secretary Grant Shapps has said the NHS Covid-19 app may need to be updated
DigitalHealth.London launches Innovation Directory
13 July 2021
As part of a refresh of its website, DigitalHealth.London has launched a new Innovation Directory
Digital Health Unplugged: Does data save lives?
13 July 2021
The latest episode of Digital Health Unplugged is now live – this time we take
Better to deliver clinical data repository for Digital Health and Care Wales
13 July 2021
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) has awarded a two-year contract to Better to develop
System C and Florence Nightingale Foundation to help future leaders
12 July 2021
System C and Florence Nightingale Foundation have designed a training programme for professionals embarking on
