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.
NHS Digital pens deal with Scandit to digitise Covid-testing
8 April 2021
NHS Digital has penned a deal with Scandit which will digitise Covid-testing and will give
NHS Covid-19 app to share user’s venue check-in data
7 April 2021
The update to the NHS Covid-19 app is due to be rolled out before venues
Digital Aspirant St Helens and Knowsley fast-tracks digital transformation
7 April 2021
Digital Aspirant funding was used to improve St Helens and Knowsley’s digital maturity using modules
Barts Health rolls out Covid-19 staff self-testing results platform
7 April 2021
Barts Health NHS Trust has rolled out Infinity Healthâs digital task management platform to record
ICS success depends on ‘baseline’ digital maturity across organisations
6 April 2021
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) would be embedded in law but digital maturity will only be
