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Dr Zubir Ahmed, former health innovation and safety minister
13 May 2026

Health innovation minister Zubir Ahmed resigns

Dr Zubir Ahmed has resigned as health innovation and safety minister in protest over Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership.
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Dr Zubir Ahmed, former health innovation and safety minister
17 April 2026

Palantir’s NHS contract could end if others ‘can do the job better’

Health minister Zubir Ahmed said that Palantir’s NHS data contract could be reconsidered if other firms “can do the job
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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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Dr Zubir Ahmed, former health innovation and safety minister
17 February 2026

£20m funding for tech to tackle drug and alcohol addiction

The government is offering £20 million in grants for medical technologies and digital tools designed to tackle drug and alcohol
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Dr Melanie Ivarsson, chief executive of the Health Data Research Service (HDRS)
13 January 2026

Melanie Ivarsson appointed CEO of Health Data Research Service

Dr Melanie Ivarsson has been appointed chief executive of the government's Health Data Research Service (HDRS).
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Liz Kendall, secretary of state for science, innovation and technology
5 January 2026

NHS hospitals using FDP AI tool to predict A&E demand

An AI tool on the NHS federated data platform is being used by hospitals in England to help predict when
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24 December 2025

Record 39 million people registered for the NHS App

An end-of-year update released by NHS England says that the NHS App now has more than 39 million registered users.
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Dr Zubir Ahmed, former health innovation and safety minister
12 December 2025

MedTech qualifications launched to tackle 145,000 skills shortage

New qualifications have been launched to plug skills gaps in the UK's MedTech sector, with an estimated 145,000 jobs needed
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Dr Zubir Ahmed, former health innovation and safety minister
4 December 2025

UK should make money from NHS patient data, says health minister

The UK should leverage its new Health Data Research Service for the “benefit of the Treasury coffers”, health minister Zubir
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Baroness Nicola Blackwood, chair of the Health Data Research Service (HDRS)
26 November 2025

Blackwood appointed as chair of the Health Data Research Service

Baroness Nicola Blackwood, a leader in life sciences and innovation, has been appointed as chair of the Health Data Research
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