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.
Amazon makes its move into the health sector with online pharmacy
18 November 2020
Amazon has made its move into the health sector and launched its own online pharmacy
Sixteen NHS trusts receive share of £16m to support digital prescribing
18 November 2020
Sixteen NHS trusts are to receive a share of £16m to go towards introducing an
North west based “robodocs” talk telehealth Covid-19 programme
17 November 2020
Two “robodocs” working across the north west of England have spoken about how they helped
Digital Health Unplugged: Royal Cornwall Digital Testbed
17 November 2020
Joining host Andrea Downey are Gary Jennings, commercial director of Kernow Health, and Ian Nicholls,
Docobo and Doc Abode join forces to improve remote monitoring
17 November 2020
The new interface will enable an alert from the Docobo system to go straight to
