Marcus Baw

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24 February 2026

The case for NHS-owned, open software

In the latest episode, Marcus Baw calls for a rethink of NHS technology strategy, arguing that the service has drifted
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22 December 2025

NHS England quietly removes open source policy web pages

Concerns have been raised that NHS England has removed all open-source policy pages from its websites without any explanation.
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10 October 2023

Digital Health Networks Debate: the NHS is ready for clinical use of AI 

A recent Digital Health Networks debate looked at beliefs about the use of AI into healthcare and concluded it can
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19 September 2023

Digital Health Networks webinar debates Federated Data Platform

NHS England’s proposed Federated Data Platform was the subject of a lively Digital Networks Webinar debate on September 8. 
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17 April 2023

UK Consortia unsuccessful in FDP bid looking at “broader” strategy

The UK consortium that was unsuccessful in its bid to run the £480 million FDP for the NHS says they
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13 April 2023

UK Consortium unsuccessful in its bid for £480m Federated Data Platform

The UK consortium bidding to run the £480 million federated data platform (FDP) for the NHS has confirmed that it
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28 December 2022

Let’s stop pointless reorganisations on NHS IT

Dr Marcus Baw argues that 2022 has shown once again that the answer to NHS technology is definitely not to
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19 December 2022

Digital Health Unplugged: 2022 Year in Review

In the final Unplugged of 2022, Digital Health CEO and editor-in-chief Jon Hoeksma hosts a bumper special episode, reviewing the
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