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Emile Axelrad, founder and chief executive of Medicus (left) and Stanislas Niox-Chateau, co-founder and chief executive of Doctolib (right)
7 May 2026

French firm Doctolib acquires GP IT supplier Medicus

French HealthTech firm Doctolib has acquired Medicus, aiming to bring improved technology, AI and services to GP practices across the
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GP types on a laptop
27 April 2026

GP practice outages caused by IT firewall issue

A network outage which disrupted access to clinical systems at several GP surgeries was caused by an issue with the
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GP using a laptop
23 April 2026

South East GP practices face internet outages

GP practices in the South East of England are experiencing network outages, affecting internet connectivity and access to clinical systems.
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Dr Sarah Phillips, chief medical officer at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
6 March 2026

NHS population health analytics supporting early intervention

Population health analytics delivered by Graphnet Health are now embedded across almost nine million patients, supporting early intervention.
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Dr Zubir Ahmed, former health innovation and safety minister
4 March 2026

NIHR awards £47.8m for NHS equipment to boost clinical trials

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded £47.8m for equipment that will help streamline clinical trial
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A female doctor holds an AI stethoscope to a female patient's chest
4 February 2026

AI stethoscope study published in The Lancet

A study has been published in The Lancet after it found that an AI stethoscope detects serious heart conditions faster
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Dr Chris Williams, Scotland vice chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners
3 February 2026

RCGP calls for Scottish government to improve GP IT systems

More than half of GPs in Scotland say that their software is not fit for purpose, according to a member
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Derrick Measham, innovation director at X-on Health
28 January 2026

AI scribe enables GP telephone transcripts to be filed into records

An AI scribe from X-on Health will be able to transcribe notes from GP telephone conversations, as well as in
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GP types on a laptop
21 January 2026

Major IT failure impacts Kent and Medway GP practices

GP practices across Kent and Medway are facing disruption following a major IT failure which led to online services being
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Melissa Lato, product director at X-on Health
5 January 2026

Medicus EPR integrates with X-on Health’s Surgery Connect

X-on Health has integrated its Surgery Connect cloud telephony solution with the Medicus primary care EPR platform.
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