NHS Digital boss Andy Williams retires
16 November 2016
After less than three years in the role, NHS Digital’s chief executive is moving on.
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Months after IT crash, Leeds still using paper for tests
16 November 2016
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s pathology system went down on 16 September. Two months later the trust is still recovering.
Severe NHSmail delays should have eased – NHS Digital
15 November 2016
But some NHSmail services could still be experiencing delays caused by an inadvertent email to 840,000 users, and the subsequent flood of ‘reply-all’ emails.
Brexit hits IT costs for NHS
15 November 2016
It’s bumped up the price of crisps and marmite, now Brexit is hitting IT costs for the NHS.
Value of stolen medical records less than financial data
15 November 2016
A new study into the marketplace for stolen medical records has found that stolen medical records data does not yet eclipse the value of stolen financial services data, which remains far easier to exploit.
Whoops, I sent an email to 840,000 NHS accounts
14 November 2016
It started with a mistaken email to every NHS account in England. But it was the replies that brought one of the country’s biggest email services to a near standstill.
Digital roadmap focus: Wakefield
14 November 2016
The small Yorkshire area wants some new health tech, the only problem is money.
North East and Yorkshire trusts adopt tech for faster scan results
10 July 2026
NHS England is expanding the rollout of Hexarad to help patients in the North East
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
10 July 2026
Our latest roundup features Powys Teaching Health Board rolling out an electronic prescribing and medicines
NHS AI blood test could reduce invasive cancer exams for women
9 July 2026
Thousands of women could avoid invasive diagnostic procedures for suspected womb cancer under an NHS
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board rolls out Better ePMA
9 July 2026
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has begun rolling out the Better Meds electronic prescribing and
NHS staff to face sack or prison for unlawful patient data access
8 July 2026
NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has said NHS staff face the sack or
