10 Year Health Plan

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Digital Health Unplugged podcast graphic featuring a large studio microphone, with text “Episode #120: The Forgotten Patients – A special report on digital exclusion in healthcare” and a “Listen on Spotify” badge.
28 April 2026

The Forgotten Patients: Is the digital NHS leaving people behind?

This special report from Unplugged explores whether the NHS’s shift to digital is improving access to healthcare or creating new
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(L to R): Dr Chris Stanley, GP partner and CCIO at Haxby Group, Helen Balsdon, CNIO at NHS England, Dr Shanker Vijay, London region GP clinical lead digital transformation, primary care at NHS England, Hassan Chaudhury, commercial director at DATA-CAN, and Una Rice, associate director – digital transformation at NHS Gloucestershire ICB
1 April 2026

NHS must stop making life ‘difficult for innovators’

Digital leaders have called for a more “brave” and “honest” approach to the barriers that prevent scaling of technologies.
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Julie McCall, head of programmes - Digital First at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust smiling
1 April 2026

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust to roll out AI-scribing

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust is rolling out ambient voice technology following a pilot in community and mental health services.
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Malte Gerhold, senior adviser at PPL, professional headshot
23 March 2026

Four tech tensions that the NHS can’t afford to ignore

There are unavoidable tensions on the journey to a technology-enabled NHS, writes Dr Malte Gerhold, senior adviser at PPL 
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Yvette Khozam, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust and Essex Partnership University NHS FT
16 March 2026

We can fix the hidden flaws in ambient voice technology

Don’t put up with clinical notes that are “subtly wrong” and vulnerable to hackers, writes Yvette Khozam, ePMA lead at
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Jenny Partridge, innovation manager for Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex
4 March 2026

AI Scribes – high potential, but thinking still required

AI Scribes are hailed as a game-changer for NHS services, but let’s put execution before excitement, writes Jenny Partridge
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Lee Rickles, chief information officer at Humber Teaching Foundation Trust
2 March 2026

Outsourcing won’t fix the NHS digital workforce gap

The NHS' shift to digital requires a permanent, digital workforce, writes Lee Rickles, CIO at Humber Teaching Foundation Trust
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Dermot Ryan, director of transformation at NHS England
20 February 2026

Interim leadership revealed for NHS Frontline Productivity plan

Exclusive: The interim leadership structure for NHS England's new Frontline Productivity programme has been revealed.
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Professor Jonathan Benger, chief executive of NICE
11 February 2026

NICE announces National HealthTech Access Programme

NICE has announced details of a programme to help provide faster access to healthcare technology across England and Wales.
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Alex Lawrence, improvement fellow at the Health Foundation
28 January 2026

We must make EPRs work better for patients and staff 

The NHS needs a strategy to turn EPRs into real assets for health, writes Alex Lawrence, improvement fellow at the
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