Matt Hancock

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24 May 2019

100 NHS boards completed cyber security training since WannaCry

It was unclear if the 100 NHS boards that had completed their training were of the 236 hospital trusts in
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GP IT
23 May 2019

Tech companies challenged to develop new GP IT systems

The tender for the GP IT Futures FrameworkĀ has been issued in a bid to create an open market for comapanies
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1 May 2019

All hospitals and GPs to be connected to fibre optic broadband, Hancock says

The health secretary said the upgrade would support a promise made in the NHS Long Term Plan to improve the
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Matt Hancock
25 April 2019

Matt Hancock faces backlash for collaborating on TaxPayers’ Alliance report

The Taxpayers' Alliance (TPA) report claims Ā£18.5 billion could be saved by 2030 across NHS budgets if more automated services
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NHS Logo
4 April 2019

Matthew Gould confirmed as new CEO of NHSX by DHSC

The government digital policy chief will join NHSX in the summer and will have strategic responsibility for setting the national
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock inside 10 Downing Street. Credit: 10 Downing Street
20 March 2019

Hancock calls for more genomic counsellors to explain DNA technology

Speaking at The Royal Society event today, Matt Hancock's call for more counsellors will form part of theĀ National Genomics Healthcare
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19 March 2019

Hancock says the ‘tide of technology should be embraced’

The health secretary also said NHSX will be ā€œa brand new, specialist bridge between the worlds of healthcare and technologyā€.
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Matt Hancock
13 March 2019

EXC: Hancock to reveal NHSX ‘will be the bridge between tech and health’

Speaking later today in London, the health secretary is expected to set out his vision for the newest addition to
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Joe's View: Hoping this time it's for real
7 March 2019

Joe’s View: On Matt Hancock and hoping that, this time, it’s for real

Professor Joe McDonald has seen many national NHS IT leaders come and go, ultimately failing in their attempts to change
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Pager ban controversy
5 March 2019

What Matt Hancock got right ā€“ and wrong ā€“ about the pager purge

No one could disagree with Matt Hancock's contention that the pager is an outdated pieces of technology. But Joost Bruggeman
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