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Kaye attends Responsible AI: Women & Healthcare Conference 2025

Kaye attended the Responsible AI: Women in Healthcare Conference which was held at the Royal College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in London last week.  The meeting was chaired by Prof. Erika Denton, National Medical Director of Transformation at NHSE, and Dame Lesley Regan, Women’s Health Ambassador, and the agenda focussed on how AI could potentially help with some of the…
Ben Kemp
February 4, 2025
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Media Monitoring: 23 – 29 January

India, UK renew five-year partnership to strengthen health cooperation India and the United Kingdom have renewed their health and life sciences partnership, signing a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen collaboration in critical health sectors. The agreement was formalised at a ceremony in New Delhi on Thursday, attended by Union Health Minister JP Nadda, UK Secretary of State for…
Ben Kemp
January 28, 2025
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Government review reveals under-digitisation of NHS services

The Government have released a state of digital government review, which revealed that despite the UK public sector spending £26 billion (£8 billion in the NHS) on digital resources, the NHS remains severely under-digitised. It found that 45% of NHS services still lack a digital pathway. According to the review, this lack of digitisation causes three main problems: duplication, causing…
Ben Kemp
January 28, 2025
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Nine more hospitals will be joining its opt-out HIV testing programme

An additional nine hospitals will be joining NHS England’s opt-out HIV testing programme as a result of government funding announced in November. This will bring the total number of hospitals funded to routinely test anyone who has their blood taken in their emergency department for HIV to 89. New hospitals set to benefit from funding are those in or near…
Ben Kemp
January 28, 2025
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UKHSA release 2024 – 2025 business plan

The UK Health Security Agency have released their business plan for the year ahead. This follows their strategic plan and remit to ministers, which have been announced in previous years. The plan outlines the agency’s key deliverables and activities to protect and improve the public’s health and reduce health inequalities. The organisation's aims for this year are as follows: delivering…
Ben Kemp
January 22, 2025
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Government provides response to Covid Inquiry Module 1 recommendations

Last week, the Government provided a response to module 1 of the Covid Inquiry. Baroness Hallett published her report from the first module of the inquiry in July 2024. It concluded that the UK was not as prepared as it should have been for the pandemic. Years of underinvestment meant that pandemic planning was not a sufficient priority. In response,…
Ben Kemp
January 21, 2025
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PM announces AI Opportunity Action Plan

This week, the Prime Minister attempted to relaunch his Government in the new year by unveiling a pro-growth plan to turbocharge AI in the UK. The plan sets out a range of measures to help the UK develop and adopt artificial intelligence in many areas to, in Sir Keir's own words, 'mainline AI in the veins' of the nation. Among…
Ben Kemp
January 14, 2025
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