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New Health Secretary Yvette Cooper Inherits NHS Digital Transformation’s Biggest Unresolved Row
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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Millions Of Unpaid Carers Receive Recognition And Early Support
A new cross-government action plan wants unpaid carers registered on the NHS App and visible through the single patient record, with hospital discharge planning and school attendance data doing the rest of the identifying.
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Irish Home Care Group’s £85m Ask Exposes a Workforce Problem the UK Hasn’t Solved Either
Home and Community Care Ireland has asked its government for £85 million to expand support hours, fund carer mileage, and close a disability care gap.
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NHS’s £10bn To Lead AI Triage And Ambient Notetaking Tools
NHS England has confirmed how £10 billion in technology funding will reach patients and clinicians over the next three years, led by AI triage and ambient notetaking tools.
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Second Select Committee Piles Pressure On NHS Over £330m Palantir Contract
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…
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NHS Innovation Inquiry Closes as Burnham’s Care Service Pledge Looms
Preet Kaur Gill MP faced the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee on 7 July 2026 defending an NHS innovation record that may not survive the government she serves.
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