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.
Digital Health’s monthly go live round up
13 November 2020
Our November roundup of all things go lives features Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust going
NHS Test and Trace suffers another round of ‘huge’ IT issues
12 November 2020
Leaked emails confirmed the “huge IT” issues in the NHS Test and Trace system relating
South Tees selects Alcidion to supply ‘smart technologies’ across the trust
12 November 2020
The trust will adopt Alcidion’s Miya Precision solution as well as the Better OPENeP electronic
Palantir ‘could be drafted in to help boost Test and Trace’
12 November 2020
The government has reportedly held talks with data analytics company Palantir to help boost the
Barnsley Hospital NHS FT starts using electronic care planning
12 November 2020
Staff at Barnsley Hospital NHS FT have started using electronic care planning to create plans
