NHS England engagement with the public and suppliers on the development of the Single Patient Record (SPR) has highlighted key expectations around access, transparency, interoperability, and data ownership. Reporting on findings, Ming Tang, NHS England’s chief data and analytics officer, remarked: “What stood out to me is how similar the […]
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Cyber security strategy from South West London ICB sets out roadmap to 2030
South West London ICB’s latest Cyber Security Strategy has set out six objectives to be achieved by 2030: strengthening governance, managing risk, understanding critical systems and suppliers, prevention and resilience, detecting and responding to threats and incidents, and embedding cyber awareness and culture. Martin Ellis, the ICB’s CDIO, emphasised that […]
Alder Hey AI Strategy shares current and future AI work, strategic initiatives, approach, infrastructure
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has published an AI Strategy, outlining current and future AI work along with plans for benefits realisation, implementation, AI workforce development, infrastructure and data architecture. Kate Warriner, chief transformation and digital officer at the trust, notes the strategy marks “a bold and exciting commitment […]
Scotland’s data strategy for health and social care lists key achievements and priorities for 2025/26
An update on Scotland’s data strategy for health and social care has shared key achievements from 2024/25 and priorities for 2025/26. The update highlights the launch of the first iteration of the digital front door in NHS Lanarkshire in December 2025, plans to develop an interactive map for data ethics, […]
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre shares “Be Digital” strategy for 2025 and beyond
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre has published its new strategy for 2025 and beyond, outlining plans to “Be Digital”, along with work on collaborations, digitally transforming services, empowering patients and staff, and using data to drive cancer research and innovation. Clatterbridge will be working with partners in the NHS University Hospitals […]
CQC shares assessment criteria for use of AI in GP services
The CQC has issued guidance on the use of AI in GP services, sharing what it looks at when assessing safety and compliance across areas including procurement, governance, human oversight, learning from errors, data protection, and staff training. Assessors will check AI tools have been procured in line with relevant […]
William Lumb, Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB’s CCIO discussion paper on how to meaningfully transform health and social care through digitisation
William Lumb, Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB’s CCIO, has shared a discussion paper on LinkedIn, providing thought on how to meaningfully transform health and social care through digitisation of whole system patient flow in two to three years. In a 10-page piece, the CCIO discusses some of the key challenges […]
Humber Health Partnership shares plans to build virtual hospital as part of digital strategy to 2028
Humber Health Partnership has shared plans to build a virtual hospital, enabling system partners to refer into virtual pathways, as part of its new digital strategy for 2025 – 2028. The partnership also focuses on digital for productivity, building a robust and interoperable digital foundation, digital inclusion, and the effective […]
NHS England approves OX.DH’s primary care electronic patient record system
OX.DH, a provider of innovative healthcare technology solutions, has achieved compliance onto the NHS England Tech Innovation Framework, part of NHS reforms to increase competition and innovation in the primary care market. NHS England has now approved OX.DH’s primary care solution, OX.gp, as part of a new generation of electronic […]
International news in brief: health representatives gather to discuss AI, new cyber security framework in Abu Dhabi, Nova Scotia-based health app
Let’s take a look at some of the latest international health tech news stories that have caught our eye recently. Nova Scotia-based health app introduces imaging reports for patients Recent updates to the YourHealthNS app have meant that patients in Nova Scotia now have direct access to mammogram, MRI, CT […]



