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The MHRA has published its 2030 strategy to speed up access to treatments, strengthen patient safety and modernise healthcare regulation. Published on 14 October 2026, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's strategy responds to advances in AI, personalised medicine and digital healthcare. Its priorities include faster clinical trial assessments, greater use of health data [...]
The UK AI minister will call for tougher safeguards on frontier AI systems as he announces plans to strengthen Britain's cyber defences. Kanishka Narayan will urge developers of the most advanced AI models to do more to ensure their safety. He will also argue that Britain cannot rely entirely on technology companies to police their [...]
Nolla Health is piloting AI acne prescribing in Utah, allowing its platform to issue initial prescriptions for topical acne treatments under physician oversight. The New York-based company said the programme is available through its Nolla Derm app to eligible Utah residents aged 18 and over. Participants can access the pilot for a discounted subscription of [...]
The UK government has that it would accept all recommendations from the National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare. Its response sets out plans for a more proportionate, lifecycle-based approach to AI-enabled medical devices, with greater emphasis on monitoring their performance throughout their working life. Today's response commits the UK to [...]
By Daniel Johnston MRes, RN, director clinical ops int., ACNIO, NHS CSO and Andy Wilcox, senior product marketing manager, international, Imprivata According to the PwC report Annual Threat Dynamics 2026: Cyber threats in motion, identity breaches are now the primary vector for cyberattacks. This is a global phenomenon across all industries. However, there are a [...]
US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has outlined a plan to link US health data and use AI to analyse medical and lifestyle information. Kennedy said data held across government and healthcare systems should be connected and shared with independent researchers, with AI used to search for patterns linked to chronic disease. Speaking at [...]
Imprivata has expanded its access management platform with new tools aimed at helping NHS organisations meet cybersecurity and identity requirements. The company has added context-aware passwordless authentication, high-assurance identity verification and AI-powered behavioural analytics to its Enterprise Access Management platform. The changes are intended to support UK healthcare organisations working towards requirements including the Cyber [...]
An OpenAI agent accessed public and non-public data on Australia’s Medicare portal during a health research task in June, officials have said. Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese said the tech firm did not alert the Australian government to the breach until 10 September, when the company sent an email to a generic public mailbox. He [...]
Health technology platform STAT has built a structured, documented governance, risk and compliance (GRC) environment in under a month using ORCA Opti, with policies, procedures, controls, a risk register and a custom ISO 27001 auditor workspace configured and live. STAT is a digital platform that connects AHPRA-registered healthcare practitioners with healthcare organisations for learning, market [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for tighter ethics oversight of AI health research, warning that existing safeguards may not always be equipped to address novel risks. The organisation says artificial intelligence is changing how health data are analysed, research is conducted and new technologies are developed and evaluated. It warns that AI-related research [...]
