All Technology and innovation articles – Page 3
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NewsVirtual hospital ‘won’t drain staff from other providers’
NHS Online will implement “safeguards” to prevent it from “draining the resources” of the wider NHS workforce.
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NewsDigital chief: NHS AI ban is ‘criminal’
No NHS staff are allowed to use common AI tools – which is “criminal” and encouraging “shadow” workarounds, a senior digital chief has said.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Cyber awks
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ben Clover and Ella Devereux. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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HSJ PartnersCutting sleep apnoea diagnostic waiting times in the NHS
NHS pilot sites show how a digital pathway can cut time to diagnosis from months to just over a week
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NewsExclusive: Government plans US-style ‘hospitalist’ doctors
The government will introduce a new class of generalist hospital doctors – inspired by the American “hospitalist” role – by the end of the decade, according to leaked details of its upcoming workforce plan.
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CommentThe persistent need to re-enter info into EPRs is draining NHS resources
One of the most persistent drains on NHS clinical capacity is the repeated re-entry of information across EPRs. The main barrier to reducing this burden is no longer capability, but prioritisation
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Mackey: Cyber attack risk ‘dramatically accelerating’
Sir Jim Mackey has warned NHS leaders that cyber security is a “dramatically” bigger threat than it was just a few weeks ago, due to rapidly changing tech.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Keeping tabs on the ‘so what’ of engagement
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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NewsData watchdog demands answers on Palantir patient data access
The national patient data watchdog has said it will investigate how Palantir staff came to have access to identifiable patient data in the federated data platform, despite previous assurances that this would not be the case.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: A snooper’s dream?
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ben Clover and Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: 33,000 patients had data stolen in trust cyber attack
A hospital provider has admitted that confidential patient information relating to almost 33,000 of its patients was stolen and shared on the dark web, two years after the cyberattack took place.
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NewsRetail exec to lead NHS digital trust
A senior retail sector executive has been appointed the first chair of NHS Online, the digital-only trust which was formally launched today.
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NewsThe 50 most influential people for NHS tech in 2026: The full list
Top 10 1. Lawrence Tallon, CEO, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Mr Tallon is leading the MHRA into a new and challenging era. The regulator had fallen behind on overseeing artificial intelligence and other technology, and the former Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust deputy chief ...
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NewsRegulator boss named top NHS tech leader
HSJ’s first top 50 list of tech influencers shows how diverse and diffuse power is in this sector.
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CommentThe government’s new cyber bill has forgotten the NHS
Two bills announced in the King’s Speech deal with issues of vital importance to the NHS and its use of new technology. The fact that neither mentions the other is a huge missed opportunity
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NewsTrusts begin EPR rollouts after NHSE-imposed delays
Three trusts have begun rolling out their electronic patient record systems months later than planned after NHS England forced them to delay.
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CommentWe must shake up data sharing to deliver neighbourhood health
The success of neighbourhood health cannot depend on ambition alone. Governance, accountability, and digital coordination across fragmented NHS organisations are all required
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NewsRevealed: NHSE project to put FDP into primary care
NHS England is exploring how to push the federated data platform into primary and community care.
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CommentStaff must be trained to use AVT properly
Supplier registries for AVT tools are all very well, but are they the best way to reduce risk for trusts adopting the new technology?
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NewsRegulator ‘missing many AI incidents’
Safety concerns linked to AI voice tech are not being properly reported because many providers are unaware of the regulation system or too busy to use it, experts have told HSJ.












