Augmented reality mental health crisis training app developed
8 July 2025
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS FT and Teesside Uni have co-developed an augmented reality mental health crisis simulation training app.
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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing â
8 July 2025
Find out more about two new PAS launches and the news that all babies born in the UK could have their DNA mapped within the decade.
NHS spending ÂŁ230m annually on paper patient records
8 July 2025
New analysis by Future Health Intelligence has found that the majority of NHS trusts still spend large sums to maintain paper medical records.Â
Barnsley Hospital to implement care coordination centre
7 July 2025
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has signed a long-term contract with TeleTracking UK to implement a care coordination centre.
Facial recognition app for pain receives more funding
7 July 2025
PainChek’s facial recognition app has received funding to support a further 994 people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK).
Ming Tang and new Networks chairs respond to 10 year plan
7 July 2025
Ming Tang and the three new chairs of the Digital Health Networks Advisory Panels have responded to the government’s 10 year health plan.
VR improves patient experience at Leeds Children’s Hospital
4 July 2025
Virtual reality technology at Leeds Children’s Hospital is enabling young patients to undergo medical procedures without general anaesthetic.
Almost 33,000 Bedfordshire patients had data stolen in cyber attack
3 June 2026
Almost 33,000 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust patients had personal data stolen in the cyber
NHS AI scribe rollout should include national oversight, report finds
3 June 2026
The rollout of AI scribes across the NHS should be accompanied by national oversight, according
Hampshire and Isle of Wight adopts continuing healthcare platform
2 June 2026
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (HIOW ICB) has gone live with the
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing â
2 June 2026
Today’s briefing features a video-on-demand interpreting service and an AI tool that can estimate a
Birmingham NHS trust to digitise over 235m patient records
2 June 2026
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Miziac will digitise more than 235m patient record
