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7 April 2020

Government criticised for not collecting sex disaggregated Covid-19 data

A Coronavirus Status Checker will be used to collect informationinform the NHS's response to the virus, but it fails to
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11 February 2020

Patient data sent to global drug companies ‘may not be anonymous’

Patients whose medical information is of particular interest to international companies have already been identified, senior NHS officials claimed.
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30 January 2020

Jeremy Hunt to head up health and social care select committee

The former health secretary will lead a group of MPs tasked with scrutinising NHS performance and the policy and expenditure
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21 October 2019

Electronic Prescription Service to be rolled out nationally next month

The service will create a faster and more secure process for clinicians to prescribe and dispense medication, the Department of
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27 September 2019

Boris Johnson pledges £200m for new cancer screening technology

Boris Johnson said the funding will go towards new machines and will be AI enabled to ensure they are AI
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2 September 2019

Full power of innovative technologies ‘will not be achieved’ in no-deal Brexit

The warning comes amid concerns there may be delays in sharing health data between the UK and the EU if
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16 August 2019

New ‘intelligent’ NHS health checks to be driven by predictive analytics

The Government has launched a review to explore how data and technology can deliver a new era of intelligent, predictive
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24 July 2019

NHSX to oversee data-sharing agreements under new DHSC guidance

NHSX will be responsible for overseeing data-sharing agreements with industry partners under new guidance from the Department of Health and
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4 April 2019

Matthew Gould confirmed as new CEO of NHSX by DHSC

The government digital policy chief will join NHSX in the summer and will have strategic responsibility for setting the national
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21 February 2019

Ten principles of NHS AI code of conduct published

The principles, which tech companies are expected to follow, include understanding user need as well as being fair and transparent.
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