£60m of digital mental health funding goes on exemplars
10 January 2017
The vast major of £67.7m funding announced for mental health will go on six new global digital exemplars, the Department of Health has confirmed.
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May announces £67.7 million for digital mental health
9 January 2017
Money will be spent on digitally assisted therapy and online symptom checkers.
NY death investigated for links to London Ambulance IT crash
9 January 2017
An investigation will determined whether IT problems at the London Ambulance Service contributed to the death in the early hours of New Years’ Day.
Wearable Parkinson’s system gets CE marking
9 January 2017
Health monitoring device and software gets rare Europe stamp of approval as NHS examines news ways to assess patient facing health software.
Former NHS IT director jailed for corruption
6 January 2017
In return for signing off a million-dollar IT contract his trust didn’t need, Peter Lewis was secretly paid more £90,000.
Babylon Health to power NHS 111 with ‘AI triage’ bot
5 January 2017
An a chatbot app will field less serious health complaints from 1.2 million NHS patients in North Central London as part of a NHS 111 pilot.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
25 June 2026
Today’s briefing features a rise in the use of translation services driven by high petrol
Oxford AI studies secure NIHR funding to tackle NHS waiting times
25 June 2026
Two studies have received funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research as
National NHS leaders join Summer Schools 2026 speaker line-up
24 June 2026
Three national NHS leaders shaping the future of digital health have been confirmed for Summer
University Hospitals Sussex signs EPR contract with Alcidion
24 June 2026
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has signed a contract with Alcidion to deliver an
Manchester Met wins funding to boost AI health innovation
23 June 2026
Manchester Metropolitan University will promote AI for business and the development of wearable health technologies
