NHS England

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10 April 2026

Movers and Shakers news roundup

This roundup includes a host of NHS England departures as well as a new national chief digital, data and technology
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Dr Mark Coley, BMA’s GP Committee for England IT lead
8 April 2026

BMA calls for GPs to control single patient record data

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for doctors to remain in control of GP data in the single patient
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Lee Rickles, chief information officer at Humber Teaching Foundation Trust
7 April 2026

Humber trust receives NHSE funding to lead on NHS App features

NHS England has asked the Trust implement these features on behalf of 11 other trusts also using the SystmOne electronic
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Doctor laptop AI
2 April 2026

NHSE publishes fresh guidance on safe use of ambient scribes

NHS England has published new guidance on the use of AI-powered ambient scribing tools in health and care settings.
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Doctor using tablet
1 April 2026

NHSE intervenes to delay North Cumbria EPR go-live until May

NHS England has stepped in to delay the go-live of an electronic patient record (EPR) at North Cumbria Integrated Care
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31 March 2026

Government considers use of break clause in Palantir NHS contract

Government figures are reported to be considering triggering a break clause in Palantir’s NHS federated data platform (FDP) contract.
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Rob Thompson, chief digital, data and technology officer at NHS England
30 March 2026

National NHS chief digital, data and tech officer appointed

Rob Thompson has been appointed chief digital, data and technology officer across the Department of Health and Social Care and
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(L-R) Professor Sultan Mahmud, director of health and communities at BT, Tony Cobain, digital director, MIAA, Michelle Corrigan, programme director, Digital Care Hub, Mike Fell, executive director of National Cyber Operations, NHS England, and Fay Stevenson, IT director, Barts Health NHS Trust on stage at a cyber security panel at Rewired 2026
25 March 2026

Mike Fell: Cyber resilience is essential for the NHS shift to digital

The health service cannot achieve the shift from 'analogue to digital' without cyber resilience, said NHSE's cyber chief.
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(L to R) Dr Indra Joshi, chief development officer at Optum UK, Dr Jennifer Dixon, chief executive at The Health Foundation, Alec Price-Forbes, national CCIO at NHS England, and Monica Fletcher, honorary senior research fellow at Nuffield Centre for Primary Care, University of Oxford, speaking in a panel session at Rewired 2026
24 March 2026

NHS funding to focus on non-acute settings, says England’s CCIO

Alec Price-Forbes, national CCIO at NHSE, confirmed at Rewired 2026 that upcoming funding will be focused more on non-acute settings.
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Dr Zubir Ahmed, former health innovation and safety minister
20 March 2026

£10m partnership will use digital tools to improve respiratory care

A government partnership will use data and digital tools to improve care for patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary
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