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26 August 2025

Digital Health Unplugged: What does the 10 year plan mean for HealthTech?

Jordan Sollof is joined by Dame Barbara Hakin, chair of the Health Tech Alliance, to reflect on the government’s NHS
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Lawrence Tallon, chief executive at MHRA
6 August 2025

NHS to get early access to MedTech ahead of regulatory approval

Manufacturers will be able to supply innovative medical devices to the NHS before obtaining full regulatory approval, under a new
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Valkky robot with two nurses
23 July 2025

Can the NHS 10 year health plan fix health tech procurement?

The 10 year plan creates an opportunity to reverse the UK's healthcare innovation exodus, writes the National Robotarium's Lisa Farrell
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Woman in lab coat looking in microscope
16 July 2025

Life sciences plan aims to support a prevention-focused NHS

The government's Life Sciences Sector Plan aims to harness scientific innovation for economic growth and support a prevention-focused NHS.
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Doctor looking at a tablet
2 July 2025

DHSC to launch ‘innovator passport’ to accelerate tech adoption

An 'innovator passport' is being introduced to allow technology that has been assessed by one NHS organisation to be rolled
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A digital concept image of Leeds Teaching Hospitals’ proposed Innovation Village. The rendering shows a modern urban healthcare and innovation campus, featuring a mix of green-walled and glass buildings arranged around landscaped pedestrian areas. The word “INNOVATE” is displayed prominently in yellow at the centre of the plaza, symbolising the site’s focus on research, technology and life sciences.
28 May 2025

Leeds Teaching Hospitals seeks input on plans for Innovation Village

Leeds Teaching Hospitals has launched a market engagement exercise to help shape a development plan for its proposed Innovation Village
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Wes Streeting
9 April 2025

Wes Streeting pledges to retain digital workforce amid NHS reforms

Wes Streeting, health secretary, confirmed the government’s commitment to retaining the digital workforce amid the abolition of NHS England.  
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Light,Bulb,With,Brain,Inside,The,Hands,Of,The,Businessman.
2 April 2025

HealthTech is the UK’s hidden gem – the government can’t ignore it

A targeted focus on HealthTech has the potential to boost the UK’s global competitiveness, writes Russ Shaw
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A photo showing a birds-eye view of a cup of coffee, with the words "Digital Health coffee time" in white text overlaid in the foreground
13 March 2025

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today's news briefing covers InterSystems' new IntelliCare EHR, seed funding for Ignota Labs, and The King's Fund's Social Care 360
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Baroness Merron speaking at Parliament and HealthTech 2025
10 February 2025

Guidance to simplify medtech procurement to launch in 2025

Guidance to simplify the procurement of health technology is expected to launch in 2025, according to Baroness Gillian Merron.
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