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Phillipa Winter receives the CIO of the year award at the Digital Health Summer Schools 2018

2018 Digital Health Award Winner Profile: Phillipa Winter

7 September 2018

In the first of our series profiling the winners of the inaugural Digital Health Awards, Owen Hughes speak to Philippa Winter – victor in the

Digital Jam

Digital jam for NHS providers a welcome start

30 August 2018

The news that the 80% of English NHS providers not part of the GDE programme will receive funds for digitisation is welcome. But, argues Digital

Digital natives will change the way we think about healthcare delivery

29 August 2018

There are plenty of reasons to embrace the march of artificial intelligence in healthcare, argue Tristan Allen and Diane Bell. But perhaps its true potential

Joe’s View: On the value of patient-centric records

23 August 2018

A drama at sea has led Joe McDonald to consider the value of patient-centric health records. Could they finally resolve the Gordian Knot of information

The exterior of Whiston Hospital

The benefits of remote control at St Helens and Knowsley

22 August 2018

After a six-month trial, staff at St Helens and Knowsley have become more convinced than ever before of the potential of telemedicine. Owen Hughes visited

Andy Burnham, MP for Makerfield and the likely next Prime Minister

What will Burnham as PM mean for NHS IT?

25 June 2026

Jon Hoeksma examines what two former health secretaries, Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting, running the

Salma Yasmeen, chief executive of Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Yasmeen: ‘We’ve made sense of the 10 year plan’s vision’

24 June 2026

The absence of a delivery chapter in the NHS 10 year plan drew criticism when

Stephen McMillan, strategic partnerships leader at Philips

Industry Spotlight: Stephen McMillan, strategic partnerships leader, Philips

12 June 2026

NHS plans for innovation are often blocked by capital constraints and budget cycles, says Stephen

Professor Kathrin Cresswell, professor of digital innovation in health and care at the University of Edinburgh

Cresswell: ‘Some users are disappointed with ambient scribes’

3 June 2026

Professor Kathrin Cresswell warns that the “heightened expectations” placed on digital technologies can be “very

Dr Penny Kechagioglou, consultant oncologist at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire

Penny Kechagioglou: ‘We’ve become too attached to AI’

27 May 2026

Ahead of Digital Health Summer Schools, Dr Penny Kechagioglou discusses clinical leadership and health inequalities.

What will Burnham as PM mean for NHS IT?

Time to rethink how we evaluate digital technologies in healthcare

Digital Transformation

What will Burnham as PM mean for NHS IT?

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

10 Year Health Plan

What will Burnham as PM mean for NHS IT?

Morley: ‘We need greater regulation of ambient voice technologies’

AI and Data

What will Burnham as PM mean for NHS IT?

Embedding PHM at the heart of the Model ICB

Integrated Care

What will Burnham as PM mean for NHS IT?

Andy Hardy: ‘It’s unbelievable we don’t all have sight of patient records’

AI and Data

What will Burnham as PM mean for NHS IT?

‘I’m ready to embrace AI doctors’

AI and Data

What will Burnham as PM mean for NHS IT?

Allied health professionals must be proactive and ‘seek out’ AI

AI and Data

What will Burnham as PM mean for NHS IT?

Can the NHS 10 year health plan fix health tech procurement?

10 Year Health Plan

What will Burnham as PM mean for NHS IT?

The importance of human touch in Wes Streeting’s digital NHS

Opinion

What will Burnham as PM mean for NHS IT?

Balancing innovation and compliance in FemTech regulation

AI and Data