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Across The Atlantic, AI Has Started Running Healthcare's Books Without Anyone Watching Too Closely, And The NHS Should Take Note

An American billing deal shows how far autonomous AI has already reached into healthcare finance, and how far the NHS still has to go.

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Neighbours In All But Name

A permanent NELFT appointment made in five weeks says more about the ELFT-NELFT relationship than any interim arrangement could.

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When The Market Won't Pay, America Will

EasyJet's £5.5bn sale to a Minneapolis investor is not really about aircraft. It is about who ends up owning the parts of Britain that keep running whether or not the stock market notices.

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Same Lab, One Login Screen Fewer

Anthropic's new AI workbench for scientists lands just as the NHS tries to work out who will actually run the analysis on its unified health data.

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The £10 Billion Question Nobody In Government Can Currently Answer

NHS England's new AI rollout assumes years of political continuity that the government announcing it cannot currently promise.

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Southampton's Return Of The Clinician-Executive Arrives As The Regional Tier It Came From Disappears

Trevor Smith's appointment as UHS chief executive says less about one trust than about where NHS leadership is heading next.

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The Regulatory Reliance Route: What The US-UK Pharma Pact Really Changes For The NHS

Faster licensing sounds like a win for patients, but the harder work starts after a drug clears the door.

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Capital Delays Expose The Gap Between NHS Reform Rhetoric And Practice

MPs hear that promised streamlining of infrastructure funding has yet to reach trusts and integrated care boards on the ground.

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