Caroline Criado-Perez talks exposing data bias ahead of Rewired 2020

The renowned author and feminist has spent years researching gender data gaps - and she’s bringing her expertise to Digital
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All-Wales digital pharmacy service to improve prescribing across hospitals

NHS Wales Informatics Service has signed a seven-year contract with Wellsky for an all-Wales hospital pharmacy system, replacing 30-year old
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NHSX responds to Networks’ letter to get CCIOs and CIOs on trust boards

Matthew Gould and Dr Simon Eccles, CEO and deputy CEO of NHSX, confirmed two new roles would be created to
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Skin cancer apps ‘cannot be relied upon for accurate results’, study finds

Experts found the apps may cause harm from failure to identify potentially deadly skin cancers, or from over-investigation such as
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Mobile health and apps news in brief

This month's mobile apps round-up features news two London trusts are to pilot a health and wellbeing platform to boost
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Regulatory sandbox for AI needed to test and build systems, NHSX says

The heads of 12 healthcare regulators and organisations met on January 28 to discuss the role of AI in healthcare
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Data strategies must be designed around patient input, report finds

Patients must feel a sense of agency and control over what happens to their data and health data must always
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Digital Health Unplugged: Tech talk with Matthew Gould

NHSX chief Matthew Gould joins Andrea Downey on this week's podcast to talk funding, technology, standards and provide an update
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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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Digital Health Champions Network to tackle distrust in online health

The network was established following research that found a lack of digital skills was preventing patients from engaging with online
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