AI cancer detection programme to be given government funding boost
The Accelerating Detection of Disease programme has been named as part of the government’s second Life Science Sector Deal.
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NHS banned from buying new fax machines as Hancock orders phase-out
Matt Hancock has banned NHS organisations from buying new fax machines beyond January 2019, under plans to remove them from the NHS entirely by 2020.
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Hancock urges NHS chief execs to get on board with CIOs
In a keynote at an event in London on 28 November, the health secretary spoke about leadership in the NHS and referenced the culture towards technology.
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Poll results reveal readers’ opinions on Hancock’s HealthTech board
Find out whether Digital Health News readers believe there should be more clinicians on the board which aims to help government on health IT transformation.
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Poll: Should there be more clinicians on Hancock’s Healthtech Advisory Board?
The board is intended to “help guide the government on its mission to overhaul technology and IT in health and social care”.
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Hancock’s Healthtech Advisory Board to meet for the first time
Chaired by academic Dr Ben Goldacre, the board will be focussed on the future to assist policy creation and challenge decision making.
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Hancock to deliver NHS transformation mission statement in Paris
Hancock will appear today at the GovTech summit in Paris to discuss how AI and other technological advances could transform care for NHS patients.
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Hancock confirms around 500 NHS Digital staff could be axed
The secretary of state for health and social care was questioned by the MP for Leeds Central, Hilary Benn, about the ‘Org2’ redesign.
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I welcome Hancock’s vision, yet can’t entirely eliminate my cynicism
Ewan Davis finds much to be celebrated in Matt Hancock’s new vision of NHS digitisation. But will it actually serve to fix the data fragmentation and lock-in which has been problematic for so long? On that, he suggests, the jury is still out.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
The latest roundup includes Hancock’s tech vision that patients can use wearables and diet-tracking apps to prevent them from falling ill.
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