Movers and Shakers news roundup
9 May 2025
This Movers and Shakes roundup includes the appointment of a permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
News
Patient record system goes live across Northern Ireland
8 May 2025
All health and social care trusts in Northern Ireland have now gone live with the encompass patient record system.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
8 May 2025
Our latest coffee briefing covers to go-live of the WIVS across GP practices in Wales and PocDoc partnering with Superdrug.
Researchers pilot AI model to predict future health outcomes
8 May 2025
De-identified NHS data from 57 million people is being used to train an AI model capable of predicting future health outcomes.
Estimated £21bn over five years needed to digitise health and care
8 May 2025
Digitising NHS and adult social care services across the UK will require an estimated £21bn over the next five years, according to research.
Digital leadership earmarked for transfer from ICBs to providers
7 May 2025
Digital leadership and transformation are being reviewed for transfer from ICBs to providers, according to a blueprint from NHS England.
NHS trust chief Andy Hardy confirmed for Summer Schools 2025
7 May 2025
Professor Andy Hardy, chief executive of University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, will speak at Summer Schools 2025.
More than half of patients report easy GP access through NHS App
13 July 2026
More than half of patients said it was easy to contact their GP practice using
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
