Government under fire over plan to scrap Public Health Engla...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is planning to dissolve Public Health England and replace it with a new agency dedicated to responding to pandemics, according to reports.

NHS investment in technology 'critical' after COVID-19, says...

UK health secretary Matt Hancock has said it will be "critical" for the NHS to work with the private sector to continue an uptake in use of technology such as telemedicine after the COVID-1

Pharma given COVID-19 test 'call to arms' by health secretar...

UK health secretary Matt Hancock has asked pharma and biotech firms to help the country find antibody tests that work against COVID-19 in a bid to find an exit strategy from the lockdown th

NHSX calls for feedback on digitisation plan

The NHS’ digital transformation unit, NHSX, is calling for response to its plan to modernise healthcare in England.

NHSX names chief nursing information officer

The UK government’s specialist digital health unit NHSX has named Natasha Phillips as its chief nursing information officer.

As R&D shrinks, UK trials new payment scheme for antibiotics