Northern Ireland issued a three-year plan to stabilise its health service, building on foundational technology programmes already in place. In England, the government announced plans to shake up local government. Orion Health was bought by a Canadian firm.

There were warnings of a quad-demic and then a tidal wave of flu as winter hit the NHS. No fewer than 17 DDaT experts were asked to input into the 10 Year Health Plan. A once well-known GP IT supplier...

The NHS was included in Sir Keir Starmer’s government reset, but leaders cast doubt on the ability to deliver waiting list targets and manage the finances. Audit Scotland called – again – for a delivery plan for NHS reform. Another...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies suggested the NHS in Scotland is recovering more slowly than the NHS in England; where health and social care secretary Wes Streeting launched a consultation on regulating managers. TechUK called for ring-fenced funding for NHS...

The Department of Health and Social Care set up more groups to feed into the 10 Year Health Plan. A ninth trust

Alan Milburn was given a role at the Department of Health and Social Care and Wes Streeting announced the return of hospital league tables. Northern Ireland pushed on with its roll out of Clinisys WinPath.