Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing 
29 April 2025
11:30 AM
Our coffee briefing covers robotic knee surgery at Nottingham University Hospitals and trials of a new, needle-free cancer vaccine.
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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing
Evaluation of NHS AI Lab calls for national support for AI initiatives
29 April 2025
11:00 AM
An evaluation of the NHS AI Lab has called for national support to ensure that AI initiatives can be scaled and sustained.
Government encourages clinicians to use AI scribing technology
29 April 2025
8:30 AM
New government guidance encourages NHS clinicians to use AI tools to transcribe consultations and turn them into medical notes and letters.
NHS App expansion saves 1.5 million appointments
28 April 2025
1:30 PM
The government’s accelerated rollout of the NHS App has saved 1.5 million appointments and helped cut waiting times for patients.
Voting opens for Digital Health Network Advisory Panel elections
28 April 2025
11:00 AM
Voting has opened for members of the Digital Health Networks to decide the members of the advisory panels for the 2025-2027 term.
Children’s Health Ireland signs five-year deal with Sectra
28 April 2025
8:30 AM
Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) has signed a five-year contract with medical imaging and cyber security company Sectra.
Applications open for University of Edinburgh’s AI accelerator
25 April 2025
1:30 PM
The University of Edinburgh has opened applications for its 2025 AI Accelerator programme.
Kent babies are ‘born to move’
13 May 2015
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust has launched a mobile app to help parents of
Delay to 700,000 patient opt-outs
12 May 2015
The Health and Social Care Information Centre is “extremely concerned” that 700,000 patient objections to
RCP apps guidance attacked
12 May 2015
Recent guidance from the Royal College of Physicians that says doctors should only use medical
Hunt back as health secretary
11 May 2015
Jeremy Hunt is to remain health secretary following the Conservative Party’s victory in last week’s
Weston retains Cerner until acquisition
11 May 2015
Weston Area Health NHS Trust has signed a £3.2 million deal to continue using Cerner
