Wes Streeting

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15 October 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today's Coffee Time Briefing covers a 73% reduction in GP waiting times in New Malden through the use of an
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10 October 2024

Funding announced to boost development of health tech for cancer

New medical technologies to diagnose cancer, such as scanners and AI models, will be trialled in the UK following new
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4 October 2024

Trial will allow women to book breast diagnostic clinics via NHS App

Women in Somerset with breast lumps will be directly referred to a breast diagnostic clinic via the NHS App under
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Wes Streeting at the Labour Party Conference 2024
30 September 2024

Why Wes Streeting’s shift from ‘analogue to digital’ isn’t the answer

With the Labour Party Conference hosted in Liverpool just a week after the publication of Lord Darzi review, it's no
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23 September 2024

More than half of acute trusts signed up to the NHS FDP

More than half of acute trusts have signed up to the NHS federated data platform, surpassing the target of 71
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5 September 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today’s Coffee Time Briefing covers adaptive brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease and a £400m investment in UK clinical trials.
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30 July 2024

Poor IT systems factored in CQC failings, says DHSC report

Significant challenges with IT systems, most notably the provider portal, have contributed to failings at CQC, says DHSC report.
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17 July 2024

DHSC announces ministers responsible for digital and MedTech

The junior ministers responsible for digital, data and MedTech within the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have been
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16 July 2024

UK ranks lowest internationally for number of scanners per million

The UK continues to have lowest number of MRI units, CT and PET scanners per million population amongst comparator countries,
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16 July 2024

UK faces £5.4bn trade deficit for MedTech products

The UK had a trade deficit in MedTech products of £5.4 billion in 2023, government figures reveal.
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