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.
Surrey Heartlands goes live with Graphnet shared record
16 September 2020
The health and care system in Surrey has gone live with a shared record which
Deloitte launches Health Tech Catalyst innovation hub in Birmingham
16 September 2020
The aim of the Health Tech Catalyst is to accelerate health tech innovation in the
Welsh data breach exposes information of Covid-19 patients
15 September 2020
Public Health Wales has confirmed a data breach which involved the personally identifiable data of
NHS Highland looks to tech to help reduce Covid-19 spread in care homes
15 September 2020
NHS Highland is looking to deploy tech in care homes which aims to help reduce
Government announces £500,000 to bolster healthcare cyber security
15 September 2020
It comes as the National Cyber Security Centre identified a heightened cyber threat to the
