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Our experts provide the stories behind the headlines, and show how NHS Digital is using data and technology to improve lives.

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Our experts provide the stories behind the headlines, and show how NHS Digital is using data and technology to improve lives.

Technology and innovation in General Practice: building the future

NHS Digital has launched the new Tech Innovation Framework to boost innovation and choice in the primary care IT market. Justine Brightwell, Head of the GP IT Futures programme at NHS Digital, explains more.

Justine Brightwell

Programme Head, GP IT Futures, NHS Digital

Making the NHS and social care cyber safe

As we move into a more digital age in social care, NHS Digital’s Executive Director of Cyber Operations, Mike Fell, talks about why it’s so important to support staff and create effective policies when it comes to cyber security.

Mike Fell

Executive Director of National Cyber Security Operations, NHS Digital

CAN do attitude to cyber security in the NHS

How does collaboration help keep the NHS secure? One of NHS Digital’s Principal Security Specialists, Victoria Axon, talks about why the NHS must be resilient to cyber security threats.

Vicky Axon

Regional Security Lead, NHS Digital

TREs in the NHS – how health data sharing is saving lives

NHS Digital’s director of research and clinical trials, Michael Chapman, looks at the organisation’s development of a trusted research environment (TRE) in the NHS.

Michael Chapman

Director for Research and Clinical Trials, NHS Digital

The NHS App and its central role in the fight against COVID-19

The NHS App, launched 3 years ago, has become a crucial tool in the fight against COVID-19, and has changed the way millions of adults in England now access healthcare services.

Barry Cassels, Head of Product, NHS App

How NHS Digital is helping improve cardiac arrest outcomes

Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops beating suddenly; it is the most extreme medical emergency and requires an immediate response. Cardiac arrest can happen to both adults and children, though it is more common in later life.

Professor Jonathan Benger

Chief Medical Officer,

Computer-controlled robots which help carers to lift people are among the social care innovations.

Celebrating the lasting legacy of NHS Digital’s Social Care Programme

We harnessed the power of information and technology to help England’s health and care sectors to deliver more efficient and effective care.

James Palmer

Programme Head,

GP data saves lives

Simon Bolton, Interim CEO of NHS Digital, explains why we are giving people more time to reflect on the launch of the GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR).

Young female programmer in office looking at code on a computer screen

Planning and research: The future with GP data

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we use GP data for planning and research. Peter Short, Clinical Lead for GP Data explains how the trustworthy and careful use of this data benefits us all as users of the NHS.

Peter Short

Clinical Lead, GP Data, NHS Digital