NHS Digital cites transformation ‘turning point’ after £750m investment in FY22
Annual report of tech agency – which will shortly be wholly merged into NHS England – details progress in many areas
NHS hunts £150k leader to oversee cybersecurity across health and care sector
Role comes with remit to lead incident response and rollout of three-year strategy
NHS offers bionic arms to all amputees
Technology has previously only been available to those injured in military service
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Recruitment opens for next national statistician
Candidates sought to replace Sir Ian Diamond
NHS launches £10m framework to support web-based GP IT systems
Eight suppliers picked for new procurement vehicle that aims to deliver cloud platforms that can accessed through any device
Regulator warns statisticians over risk of data misuse
Watchdog urges stats professionals to be ‘proactive’ in ensuring information they publish is not used inappropriately
Half of social-care providers yet to adopt digital records
Minister provides progress update on plan to increase use of technology systems
Integration of NHS Digital brought forward to January
Government claims merger will improve data sharing across health service
DHSC waves goodbye to commercial chief
Department’s first-ever CCO is to leave Whitehall after leading engagement with healthtech sector and overseeing Covid supply activities
Mental health: NHS looks to digital and data to close ‘historic treatment gap’
Supplier sought for £400k programme to explore possibilities for use of tech and information sharing
NHS signs £400k deal to clear backlog of online content reviews
Online information on health conditions and treatments is supposed to be reviewed every three years
Covid contracts: PAC chair calls out use of procurement short-cuts
Meg Hillier claims that massive deals were awarded without competition as emergency measures were used for longer than required
NHS unveils £30m framework for repairs and refurbished devices
Five suppliers appointed to potential four-year arrangement
Scottish NHS bodies collaborate with academia and industry to develop new patient pathways
Memorandum of understanding includes health service, drug companies and universities
NHS launches campaign for dentists to update online info
Digital agency makes improvements to process for providing information
NHS Scotland gets £10m backing for use of drones
Consortium including Glasgow Airport owner hopes that use of autonomous technologies could help cancer patients in rural communities
NHS will use Covid experience to develop secure use of patient data
Policy paper details requirements for secure data environments offering research access to health and social care records
IBM picked as core partner for NHS App in £50m deal
Four-year contract with tech vendor came into effect this summer
Digital support for Covid-19 test reporting extended until 2024
Deloitte and Accenture may receive total of £62m over next two years
NHS Digital spends £45.3m on two more years of NHSmail
Extension brings total value of Accenture’s seven-year contract to £160.8m
Ex-NHSX head Gould tipped as next top dog for London Zoo
Reports have claimed the long-time civil servant will shortly be unveiled as the director general of ZSL
NHS facing weeks of disruption after cyberattack on supplier of patient records systems
Ransomware assault impacted major platforms for management of patients and staff, as well as the delivery of the 111 urgent care service
Final lockdown announcement set hourly traffic record for GOV.UK
More than three million people visited government’s website as Boris Johnson informed the country of new restrictions
Major NHS trust forced to postpone operations after heatwave causes IT issues
London’s Guys and St Thomas’ has cancelled some appointments and asked patients to bring letters to others to ensure they can be processed