Prison IT and data sharing issues risk patient safety, finds report
28 July 2025
An HSSIB investigation has identified risks to patient safety due to poor interoperability between digital systems in prisons.
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Flo Health denies unlawfully sharing personal data with Meta
28 July 2025
Flo Health has denied claims that it unlawfully shared users’ personal period-tracking data with Meta for targeted advertising.
UK Biobank confirms 100,000 MRI scan milestone reached
25 July 2025
UK Biobank has announced that more than 100,000 participants have undergone whole-body MRI scans as part of a large imaging project.
Movers and Shakers news roundup
25 July 2025
Our latest Movers and Shakers roundup features Dr Paul Rice joining Northern Ireland’s Department of Health (DoH).
NHS digital plans risk worsening health inequalities, say academics
25 July 2025
The government’s planned overhaul of the NHS App could leave some people behind, a Brunel University of London professor has argued.
Two NHS hospitals suffer major IT incident ahead of doctors’ strikes
24 July 2025
Two NHS hospitals have resorted to paper after an IT incident brought systems down in the days before the planned resident doctors’ strikes.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
24 July 2025
This Coffee Time Briefing covers an extension of a trial of drones to transport blood samples and funding for Digital Lifelines initiative.
Dr Timothy Ferris appointed NHS director of transformation
24 March 2021
Dr Timothy Ferris will lead the organisations new Transformation Directorate bringing the NHSE/I operational improvement
Government to trial new tech which can rapidly detect new Covid mutations
24 March 2021
Technology which aims to rapidly detect new Covid mutations by indicating whether positive test samples
Pharmacy boosts flu vaccines by 20% using digital services
24 March 2021
Since rolling out Patient Access for Professionals one year ago the Green Light Pharmacy Group
Dr Nicola Byrne appointed as the new National Data Guardian for health
23 March 2021
Dr Nicola Byrne has been appointed the new National Data Guardian (NDG) for Health and
Digital Health Unplugged: Tackling the digital divide
23 March 2021
The latest Digital Health Unplugged is now live – this time we take a look
