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Welsh Government Opens £250,000 Equipment Fund to NHS Health Boards and Care Bodies

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A Welsh Government capital fund worth up to £250,000 per project has opened its doors to NHS health boards and third sector care organisations, alongside universities and private business. With applications closing on 25 September, providers and commissioners across Wales have a narrow window to secure funding for equipment that current budgets rarely stretch to cover. Continue reading Welsh Government Opens £250,000 Equipment Fund to NHS Health Boards and Care Bodies

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Government Fast-Tracks Motor Neurone Disease Support as National Care Service Takes Shape

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Yvette Cooper has used a visit to the Rob Burrow Centre in Leeds to announce a fast-track care pathway for people with motor neurone disease, the first concrete step in the government’s promised National Care Service. Behind the announcement sits a harder question that will land squarely on commissioners and providers: how do you fast-track a pathway across health, social care and housing when the systems underneath it still barely talk to each other.
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Burnham’s Social Care Warning Puts Digital Reform Back on the Table

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Andy Burnham has told Britain that the NHS could collapse without a fundamental fix to social care, reviving a debate that has outlasted six prime ministers before him. For care providers and technology suppliers who have spent years planning around promises that never became policy, the question is whether this one will be any different. Continue reading Burnham’s Social Care Warning Puts Digital Reform Back on the Table

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New Health Secretary Yvette Cooper Inherits NHS Digital Transformation’s Biggest Unresolved Row

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Yvette Cooper has been appointed health and social care secretary by Andy Burnham, taking charge of a department where the NHS Federated Data Platform contract and Palantir’s role within it are approaching a decision point. Her record across four previous Cabinet posts gives the sector plenty to judge her by.
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Second Select Committee Piles Pressure On NHS Over £330m Palantir Contract

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A second parliamentary committee has called for the NHS to abandon its £330 million contract with Palantir, adding to mounting political pressure ahead of a 2027 break clause. With incoming Labour leadership reportedly reviewing the government’s wider AI strategy, the federated data platform’s future now looks more uncertain than at any point since it was awarded in 2023. Continue reading Second Select Committee Piles Pressure On NHS Over £330m Palantir Contract