Peter Thomas appointed CCIO at Moorfields Eye Hospital
30 June 2021
2:00 PM
Peter Thomas is due to step into the chief clinical information officer (CCIO) role at Moorfields Eye Hospital in August.
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Covid-19 passports to go live in Northern Ireland ‘from next week’
30 June 2021
12:30 PM
Northern Ireland’s Department of Health announced its Covid-19 passport could be live by Monday, July 5 – ahead of the previously expected July 19 date.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ takes delivery of fourth surgical robot
30 June 2021
11:00 AM
Guy’s and St Thomas’ has taken delivery of a fourth surgical robot in a bid to speed up cancer operations delayed by the pandemic.
Amazon Web Services launches healthcare accelerator
30 June 2021
12:05 AM
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching a four-week virtual programme tailored to accelerating growth for healthcare start-ups.
Sajid Javid stands down from £150k AI advisory role
29 June 2021
4:00 PM
Sajid Javid was receiving £151,835 per annum from C3.ai for 80-96 hours work annually, working out to roughly £1,500 per hour.
Digital Health Networks: Javid must not kick digital ‘into the long grass’
29 June 2021
3:00 PM
Dr James Reed, chair of the Digital Health CCIO Network, warned new health secretary Sajid Javid against making “change for the sake of change”.
ReStart and Better partner up to improve data interoperability in the NHS
29 June 2021
2:00 PM
Restart is to supply interoperability services to Better’s digital health platform, aiming to simplify and accelerate digitalisation across the NHS.
NHS SBS plans healthcare AI solutions framework
16 January 2025
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
16 January 2025
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) revealed that it has around 500 reports which are “stuck”
Robeauté raises £23m to develop rice-sized neurosurgical robots
15 January 2025
Robeauté has raised $28m (£23m) to develop its microrobots which enter the brain to diagnose,
Royal Bolton Hospital opens digital autopsy suite
15 January 2025
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
15 January 2025
UK health tech firm Cera has completed a transaction in excess of $150m (£123m) to
