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GP at desk
22 September 2022

Cloud-based telephone systems included in ThĆ©rĆØse Coffey’s patient plan

The new health secretary has laid out plans to help improve patient access to GP appointments, which includes the rollout
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7 September 2022

ThĆ©rĆØse Coffey appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

ThĆ©rĆØse Coffey has been appointed as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care by the new Prime Minister, Liz
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2 September 2022

Health secretary argues for scaled innovation and better use of the NHS App

In what could be his final address as health secretary, Steve Barclay set out the governmentā€™s priorities over the winter
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15 June 2022

Digital Health and Care plan to form part of Sajid Javid’s NHS vision

The health secretary is due to outline how the government is planning to tackle the Covid backlog, improve social care
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Data capture
13 June 2022

Government publishes final data strategy for healthcare

A new strategy has been launched by the government to drive transformation in health and care by reshaping the way
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29 June 2021

Sajid Javid stands down from Ā£150k AI advisory role

Sajid Javid was receiving Ā£151,835 per annum from C3.ai for 80-96 hours work annually, working out to roughly Ā£1,500 per
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29 June 2021

Digital Health Networks: Javid must not kick digital ‘into the long grass’

Dr James Reed, chair of the Digital Health CCIO Network, warned new health secretary Sajid Javid against making ā€œchange for
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock inside 10 Downing Street. Credit: 10 Downing Street
25 July 2018

Hancock: NHS needs to get app-happy

Health secretary Matt Hancock has said more widespread use of apps in the NHS could make life easier for both
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