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Matt Hancock named as health secretary in cabinet reshuffle

10 July 2018

The departing Secretary of State, Jeremy Hunt, claimed his successor has a ‘brilliant understanding of the power of technology’.

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NHS looks to the cosmos for innovation drive with UK Space Agency

10 July 2018

Up to £4 million will be made available to innovators who can demonstrate how tech originally designed for space could be used to improve NHS treatment and care.

Hunt announces £215m cash injection into NHS research and development

9 July 2018

The Department of Health and Social Care has released an additional £215 million to help tackle some of the biggest health challenges facing the NHS.

United Lincolnshire goes paper-free in maternity wards with System C

9 July 2018

The clinical system is being rolled out in a ‘phased’ deployment over nine months at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston and Lincoln County Hospital, as well as five satellite clinics and a number of community sites in Lincolnshire.

Tech transformation could be ‘pipe dream’ if nurses are ignored

9 July 2018

Results from a consultation with nurses and midwives on what is needed for nursing to play its part in digital transformation have been published.

Clinical documentation has ‘come a long way since pen and paper’

6 July 2018

A smartphone will become “like a stethoscope” to clinicians in coming years, a chief information officer at a clinical documentation firm has argued.

Digital redbooks will ensure the NHS “knows where every child is”

6 July 2018

Digital Health News spoke to Philip Graham, digital programme lead at Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria ICS, spoke about the digital rebook project.