To get a doctor’s appointment in the U.K. these days, you have to entrust more of your data to private companies — and there’s not a great deal you can do about it. In part due to growing pressure ...

Dr Melanie Ivarsson was on Monday named chief executive of the Health Data Research Service (HDRS), which will give ...

This is down from 7.40 million treatments and 6.24 million patients at the end of October. The waiting list is at its lowest ...

“Waiting lists are down by more than 312,000 and more patients are being treated within 18 weeks. November saw the second biggest monthly drop in waiting lists in 15 years. That means faster care, ...

“The NHS reported 554,018 over 12-hour trolley waits in 2025, the highest number since current records began. This is a grim ...

The NHS Federated Data Platform has been rolled out to more than 100 NHS organisations in its first year, according to NHS England. The platform, which has created controversy since its inception, ...

The programme to create a federated data platform for the NHS must be clear and open with the public from the start, to avoid making the same mistakes as the failed Care.data platform, according to ...

It's been a difficult few weeks for the NHS's digital ambitions. On 3 June a ransomware cyber attack on pathology test provider Synnovis led to thousands of cancelled appointments and procedures and a ...

NHS Dumfries and Galloway has confirmed that patient clinical data has been leaked online by a ransomware group following the attack on its systems earlier this month. The statement by the Scottish ...

Several NHS trusts have had data stolen in the latest cyberattack to target the UK health service, raising significant concerns about the potential exposure of sensitive patient information.

The NHS is entering 2026 with rising momentum. Productivity has improved by 2.7% across the sector between April and July 2025, as a result of stronger digital foundations and the wider use of modern ...