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 âlost confidenceâ in Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmerâs leadership.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing â
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 Starmerâs leadership.
Repairing EPR data errors could cost NHS at least ÂŁ13.5m in 2026
13 May 2026
NHS trusts in England could spend more than ÂŁ13.5m in 2026 on correcting data problems that emerge EPR go-lives, MBI Health analysis suggests.
Essex Council signs ÂŁ9m deal for health and care technology
27 April 2021
The three year call off agreement, valued at ÂŁ8.9m, will use technology to support Essex
New data on hospital medicine use to support Covid-19 research
26 April 2021
NHS Digital has set up the Hospital Prescribing and Administration resource to collect data from
NHS Digital’s online Covid-19 dashboard used three million times
26 April 2021
The tool, provided by NHS Digital, allows users to check virus cases within ten miles
East Lancashire Hospitals to implement trust-wide Cerner EHR
26 April 2021
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a deal with Cerner to implement an electronic
Seventeen South West trusts sign deal to support regional image sharing
23 April 2021
The joint agreement with Wellbeing Software and Insignia Medical Systems will facilitate cross organisational image
