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15 May 2018

PwC to conduct internal review of breast cancer screening programme after IT error

A spokesperson for Public Health England said it had "commissioned help from PWC to support our work on the breast

2 May 2018

Hunt: IT error ‘could have cut short the lives of up to 270 women’

Speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday, the Health and Social Care Secretary said the affected group of women

24 April 2018

Baroness Tessa Jowell to hand over medical data to global database

Baroness Tessa Jowell is to be the first cancer patient to hand over her medical data to a global database which

9 February 2018

Mobile health and apps news in brief

February's mobile health and apps roundup features a collection of apps from Public Health England, including one designed to tackle

19 January 2018

PHE under fire for supplying cancer patient data to tobacco-linked firm

Public Health England (PHE) has come under fire after handing over data concerning nearly 180,000 lung NHS cancer patients to

14 November 2017

NHS pilot launched to help tackle obesity and Type 2 diabetes

An NHS pilot will see thousands test drive a number of digital platforms which have been designed to tackle obesity

10 November 2017

Mobile health and apps news in brief

This month’s round-up of healthcare apps includes a new 'brisk walking' app created by Public Health England to encourage a healthier

8 March 2017

NHS app library to be launched this month

The long awaited NHS app library will be live by the end of March, according to NHS England digital lead

1 September 2016

‘Significant problems’ with data access in public health

Public health services have been denied access to health data vital to doing their job, a report from the Commons