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Medway's Five-Year Plan: An Acid Test for NHS Reform

A five-year cost reduction at one Kent trust will show whether moving resources into community care can work without weakening hospitals.

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Securing the NHS: Can a National Cyber Contract Protect a Fragmented Health Service?

A cloud security contract covering two million NHS computers addresses a long-standing weakness, but the health service’s data ambitions will be tested at the edges of that boundary

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IMF Lifts UK Growth Forecast for 2026 to 1.3 Per Cent, With a Slowdown Expected in 2027

The fund projects the lowest borrowing in the G7 by 2031 and says higher energy costs and interest rates will weigh on the economy next year

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Berkshire Healthcare Trust Seeks Suppliers for Automated Triage of Musculoskeletal Referrals

Market engagement exercise will inform requirements for a digital service to assess MSK patients and direct them to the right service without human intervention

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National Data Guardian Warns Patient Opt-Outs Could Harm NHS Data Quality, Palantir Disagrees

Nearly 100,000 people have used the national data opt-out service this year, and the watchdog links the increases to public concern about the supplier of the Federated Data Platform

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NHS England Launches £838m Framework for Next-Generation GP IT Systems

The framework is divided into three lots, from foundation electronic patient records to research and development, and several suppliers can be appointed to each

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Physician Assistant Protocols Draw BMA Challenge Over Undifferentiated Patients

The association's council chair has written to the reviewer calling the proposals unconscionable and objecting to how the drafting panel was constituted

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Barcode Scanning in NHS Hospitals Could Prevent 36 Serious Safety Incidents a Year

A study by GS1 UK and Public Service Consultants finds the Scan4Safety programme speeds up product recalls and frees clinical time, but use varies widely between trusts

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