Research and Technology

NHS staff and families to be evicted under plans to close accommodation

22.02.19: Staff at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust could be forced out of their homes as the trust’s plans to close the accommodation at the facility have been brought forward. A letter sent by the trust to tenants, seen by NHE, out...

NHSX: Hancock unveils new digital unit to bring together all of NHS’s tech leaders

19.02.19: Matt Hancock has unveiled the creation of a new digital unit dubbed NHSX tasked with bringing forward technological innovation and will take over many of the digital responsibilities currently handled by NHS England in a bid to speed up the NHS&...

GP at Hand cleared to expand to Birmingham after NHS England lifts objections

14.02.19: Babylon’s controversial GP at Hand is to be expanded to Birmingham after NHS England reversed its decision to block the doctor app. Babylon applied last year to launch its remote video consultation service in Birmingham, but the appli...

Major redevelopment of Newcastle General Hospital unveiled as university buys land from NHS trust

12.02.19: Ambitious plans to redevelop the former General Hospital have been unveiled by Newcastle University after it bought the hospital site from owners Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The vision would see the 29-acre site expa...

NHS workforce lacks digital literacy as Tesco knows more about its customers than the health service, warns Matt Hancock

12.02.19: Tesco knows more about its customers than the NHS does about its patients, and staff need far greater digital literacy, Matt Hancock has said, announcing a review on how to prepare the NHS workforce for a digital future. A major review just...

Riding the wave of transformative change in surgery

06.02.19: Mr Richard Kerr, chair of the Royal College of Surgeons' (RCS) Commission on the Future of Surgery, argues that transformative changes in surgery will dramatically improve patient care. Last year, the UK’s most prized public service...

How are we protecting the nation’s sexual health?

05.02.19: Most people become sexually active between the ages of 16 and 24. Without the right advice and measures to ensure good sexual health and wellbeing, this can lead to unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, writes Professor Gil...

New NHS Alliance: Wellness and the power of community assets

30.01.19: Dr Brian Fisher MBE, chair of the New NHS Alliance, looks back at the New NHS Partnership Summit and reflects on how its learnings can help plug gaps within the NHS Long-Term Plan. In November 2018, the New NHS Alliance held its third annua...

The NHS is central to life sciences innovation

30.01.19: Deborah Kobewka, managing director of Healthcare UK, lifesciences and bioeconomy in the Department for International Trade, talks us through the innovation brought about by the Life Sciences Sector Deal, and the vital role the NHS is playing in...

First chief digital officer appointed to CQC ahead of ‘ambitious programme of digital transformation’

25.01.19: The CQC has appointed its first chief digital officer, who will have the responsibility of transforming core IT services and driving digital innovation within the health inspectorate. Mark Sutton will join the CQC’s board and executiv...

Hancock unveils antibiotic resistance action plan to fight ‘urgent global’ threat

25.01.19: The NHS has unveiled a five-year national action plan pledging to reduce its use of antibiotics by 15% by 2024 after the health secretary declared drug-resistant superbugs are now as big a threat as climate change or war. Matt Hancock, laun...

NHS estate: Naylor says London needs ‘special focus’ in light of findings in unpublished report on the capital

24.01.19: The author of the landmark Naylor Review into the NHS estate, Sir Robert Naylor, has said that NHS buildings in London need a “special focus” after he revealed the initial findings of an unfinished report into the capital’s NHS...

Outgoing NHS digital chief wrote ‘puff piece’ for future employer in ‘jaw-droppingly inappropriate’ behaviour

23.01.19: NHS England’s outgoing chief digital officer has been criticised for “jaw-droppingly inappropriate” behaviour after she announced her departure for a health technology start-up she had praised in a “puff piece” arti...

Patient groups in appraisals of NHS drugs receiving undeclared funds from manufacturers, review finds

17.01.19: Two-thirds of patient groups involved in the appraisal of drugs and treatments for use in the NHS received money from the manufacturer or a competitor that they had not declared, according to new research. The team behind the review is call...

NHS England’s chief digital officer to leave service for video GP company

14.01.19: NHS England’s chief digital officer, Juliet Bauer, is set to leave the service to take up a role at a digital video GP provider in April. Just days after the NHS Long-Term Plan, which promised to provide digital GP consultations for e...