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Lack of C+B slots increases again
Lack of slot availability on Choose and Book has risen to affect almost one in five appointments after falling at the end of last year, EHI Primary Care can reveal.
Conservatives pledge to ‘halt’ LSP deals
The Conservative party has pledged to scrap the NHS Spine and halt and re-negotiate the two main contracts with BT and Computer Sciences Corporation in order to revamp NHS IT.
Conservatives to ‘dismantle’ NPfIT
The Conservatives have promised to “dismantle Labour’s central NHS IT infrastructure” and instead move to a choice of local accredited patient record and clinical systems.
NHS SBS plans healthcare AI solutions framework
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) is planning the formation of a new framework agreement

CQC says 500 inspection reports are stuck in IT platform
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) revealed that it has around 500 reports which are “stuck”
Robeauté raises £23m to develop rice-sized neurosurgical robots
Robeauté has raised $28m (£23m) to develop its microrobots which enter the brain to diagnose,
Royal Bolton Hospital opens digital autopsy suite
Royal Bolton Hospital is carrying out digital autopsies that reduce invasive post-mortems and release bodies
Cera secures more than £123m to roll out AI-led home healthcare
UK health tech firm Cera has completed a transaction in excess of $150m (£123m) to