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Malte Gerhold from The Health Foundation
8 May 2025

Estimated £21bn over five years needed to digitise health and care

Digitising NHS and adult social care services across the UK will require an estimated £21bn over the next five years,
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10 April 2025

NHS must move EPR use beyond digitising paper, warns report

The NHS risks missing out on the full benefits of EPRs unless a national strategy is put in place, warns
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26 March 2025

Implementation: ‘The NHS should take a leaf out of NASA’s book’

If sending humans to space has taught us anything, it's that technology alone isn't the answer, writes The Health Foundation’s
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24 February 2025

Research challenges idea that tech always frees up NHS staff time

New research from The Health Foundation challenges the assumption that NHS technology will automatically free up staff time.
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Cillian Murphy
19 February 2025

Cillian Murphy’s lessons on technology

Far more nuance, subtlety and evidence is needed when it comes to adopting new technologies, writes Fraser Battye of the
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14 February 2025

‘AI can’t just be overlaid on a failing health service’

Hetan Shah, chief executive of The British Academy, said that the NHS "can't just overlay tech on a failing service”.
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30 January 2025

Patients must help design digital services, says The King’s Fund

The King’s Fund has called for patient engagement around digital health technologies to be more than just a “tick box
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6 January 2025

NHS App upgrades planned to help cut elective care waiting lists

The government is upgrading the NHS App to enable patients to choose providers, book appointments and receive test results, all
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20 December 2024

Recommendations published to tackle bias in medical AI tech

A set of recommendations has been published with the aim of reducing the risk of potential bias in AI for
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17 December 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today's Coffee Briefing covers new AI software that can determine time of stroke with remarkable accuracy, amongst other industry news.
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