Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Your morning summary of digital health news, information and events to know about if you want to be “in the know”.

👇 News

🧬 Bead BioPharma, a Scottish life sciences company, has submitted its first patent focused on antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), which are designed to deliver cancer-killing agents to tumour cells while sparing healthy tissue. The company has developed a proprietary platform of technologies that aim to make ADCs more durable, reduce unintended toxicity and improve their performance in patients.

🤖 Software provider OneAdvanced has announced the completion of a pilot programme with NVIDIA to develop and validate a contextual sovereign-AI model for NHS Care Navigation trained on real-world NHS patient online consultation requests. OneAdvanced says its ‘Care Navigator LLM’ can materially improve triage accuracy, support faster access to appropriate care, and reduce NHS resource wastage.

🆕 Health data platform Medi2data has rebranded to Lalu to bring its service lines together under a single platform. Lalu, which connects healthcare, business, and individuals to consented and curated health data, will also improve functionality and add features, paving the way for a scalable, AI-enabled connected service as part of the rebrand.

🏥 The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will host an Elevate health tech showcase to show staff the latest in technology and digital innovation. The event, taking place at the Countess of Chester Hospital on 20 July 2026, is designed to put suppliers and innovators in front of hundreds of staff at all levels.

🎤 Ambient AI platform Tandem Health has partnered with Speech Processing Solutions, the company behind the Philips Dictation portfolio, to launch ambient AI documentation  for healthcare organisations. The partnership combines the Philips SpeechMike Wearable AI Assistant, a wearable microphone engineered for clinical-grade speech capture, with Tandem Health’s AI-powered clinical documentation platform.

❓ Did you know that?

Research shows UK healthcare professionals say AI-enabled tools are already helping them save time, expand capacity, and support decision-making – but many report that healthcare systems are struggling to keep pace with adoption.

The Philips’ Future Health Index 2026 global survey, based on proprietary quantitative research involving over 2,000 healthcare professionals and more than 20,000 patients across 10 countries, found that AI is already delivering measurable impact in frontline care.

A total of 42% of clinicians reported time savings of at least 132 hours per year on average, or the equivalent of more than three full working weeks. More than a third (36%) say AI is helping them see more patients.

According to researchers, more than half (52%) of clinicians say AI enables more detailed interactions with patients. Overall improvements seen by clinicians include 57% reporting greater confidence in clinical decision-making and nearly half (45%) who say AI has improved their work-life balance.

📖 What we’re reading

While around 44% of workplaces now use AI every day, a report has found adoption remains uneven and often limited in impact.

Published by Dr Nisreen Ameen from Royal Holloway, University of London, in partnership with Skills England, the Skills for AI: What works for AI upskilling in the UK report draws on insights from more than 150 employers to show what works in practice.

It covers diagnosis to delivery, providing evidence-based support for employers to progress from experimentation to effective, scalable AI use across their workforce.

The programme includes new analysis, an employer guide, and case studies of successful AI adoption. It sets out six principles for effective AI training: Practical, Reachable, Integrated, Modular, Expandable and Sustainable, a framework known as PRIMES.

🚨 Upcoming events

16-17 July 2026, University of Nottingham – Digital Health Summer Schools