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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 the Home Office who will soon take up the same role across DHSC and NHSE
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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Stephen Kinnock, care minister
18 March 2026

AVT to be rolled out to GPs under Neighbourhood Health Service

The government has published the neighbourhood health framework, which includes the pledge to roll out AI and ambient voice technology
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Jon Hoeksma, director of Future Health Intelligence (FHI)
18 March 2026

DHSC and NHSE internal plan pledges £7.4bn digital investment

DHSC and NHSE has pledged to invest £7.4bn in technology, digital and data between now and 2030, according to internal
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13 March 2026

Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives

This roundup includes NHS England awarding a digital vaccinations services contract worth more than £33m and a contract to evaluate
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6 March 2026

Movers and Shakers news roundup

Our latest roundup includes the appointment of chief executives for the new NHS Alliance and Great Ormond Street Hospital for
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Lee Rickles, chief information officer at Humber Teaching Foundation Trust
2 March 2026

Outsourcing won’t fix the NHS digital workforce gap

The NHS' shift to digital requires a permanent, digital workforce, writes Lee Rickles, CIO at Humber Teaching Foundation Trust
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