Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)

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16 April 2026

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today's briefing features a Scottish Ambulance Service pilot of a volunteer responder app and a tender for a digital physiotherapy
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13 April 2026

MHRA secures £3.6m to expand AI regulatory sandbox

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has secured funding to expand its AI Airlock regulatory sandbox.
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16 February 2026

NHS value-based procurement pilots launched for MedTech

Pilots of value-based procurement guidance for MedTech are taking place at 13 NHS trusts, the DHSC confirmed. 
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Dr Kultar Singh Garcha, an NHS GP and chief medical officer at Flow Neuroscience
26 November 2025

High risk groups under-represented in Men’s Health Strategy

Younger men are under-represented in the government's Men's Health Strategy, according to a neuroscience tech firm.
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BMA GP committee chair Dr Katie Bramall
20 November 2025

Online consultation changes have hit patient care, finds BMA

More than half of GP practices say that changes to online access had an adverse impact on patient care and
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Wes Streeting
12 November 2025

Wes Streeting gives the go ahead for ICB and NHS job cuts

Thousands of job cuts will go ahead following a deal with the Treasury allowing the NHS to overspend this year
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Coffee Time Briefing
16 October 2025

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today's Coffee Briefings includes the launch of the BookYourGP platform and an online tool for NHS volunteers to find opportunities.
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Wes Streeting
6 October 2025

DHSC to roll out value-based procurement for MedTech

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is launching new guidelines on value-based procurement for MedTech.
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Cyber crime
22 May 2025

‘Lessons can be learned’ from DHSC cyber progress, says PAC

The Public Accounts Committee has said “lessons can be learned” from DHSC’s efforts to improve cyber resilience in public services.
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