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GP Leaders Push Back on Centralised NHS Data Plans Amid Single Patient Record Debate

BMA has urged policymakers to ensure that GPs retain control over patient data within the proposed NHS single patient record (SPR), intensifying debate over how health information should be governed in England’s future digital infrastructure.

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Major NHS AI Scribe Rollout Set to Transform Clinical Workflows Across South West London

A major NHS collaboration in South West London has signed one of the largest ambient artificial intelligence deals in UK healthcare, aiming to deploy voice-enabled clinical documentation tools to up to 20,000 clinicians.

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Rising Numbers of Ambulance Arrivals Do Not Require Urgent Hospital Treatment, New Data Shows

New NHS data has revealed that a substantial proportion of patients arriving at hospital by ambulance do not require major treatment, raising fresh questions about demand pressures and system efficiency.

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NHS Digital Chief Warns Linking GP and Hospital IT Systems Remains ‘Near Impossible’ Challenge

Beverley Bryant, chief digital information officer at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, highlighted the difficulties of integrating widely used GP software with hospital electronic patient record (EPR) systems.

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Intel Signs On to Elon Musk’s Terafab Chips Project: Most Powerful Hard-Tech Collaboration of the 21st Century

Intel has agreed to join SpaceX and Tesla in an ambitious effort to build a new U.S. semiconductor factory in Texas, though the full scope of its involvement remains unclear.

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Mike Sicilia Says Biggest 'Risk for Oracle' Would Be to 'Avoid the AI Race'

Mike Sicilia is certainly not the first big technology boss to rediscover his passion for coding, but in healthcare, his enthusiasm couldn’t come at a more critical moment.

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Dr. Ed Garratt OBE: Scaling Data Acceleration and Integration Across a Regional System

Delivering structural transformation alongside measurable gains in automation, access and waiting times across a newly merged system using FDP.

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The Wrong Question: Why the NHS FDP Data Debate Is Missing the Point

Public scrutiny matters. But the current conversation risks losing sight of what is happening inside ChelWest and other hospitals today.

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