Scotland’s ‘Digital Front Door’ to launch this year, says first minister
27 January 2025
John Swinney, first minister for Scotland, has pledged that the country’s ‘Digital Front Door’ platform will launch by the end of 2025.
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Digital staff vacancies at Wirral ‘impacted significantly’ on capacity
27 January 2025
Digital healthcare staff vacancies were at 12.5% and “impacted significantly on operational capacity” at Wirral Uni Teaching Hospital NHS FT.
Pitchfest finalist Surgery Hero acquired by Sword Health
27 January 2025
Digital Health Pitchfest competition finalist Surgery Hero has been bought by global AI care company Sword Health.
SurgeOn social networking app for doctors launches in the UK
24 January 2025
SurgeOn, a social networking platform aimed at improving patient care across the globe, is now available in the NHS.
Service launched to manage NHS weight loss medication demand
24 January 2025
A self-referral service has been launched to help healthcare organisations manage demand for new weight loss medications.
Pitchfest finalist Kidney Beam secures seed funding for app
24 January 2025
An evidence-based kidney care app has secured £610,000 in seed funding, including a sizeable contribution from charity Kidney Research UK.
Synnovis cyber attack caused two cases of severe patient harm
23 January 2025
Two patients have suffered long-term or permanent damage to their health as a result of the cyber attack on NHS pathology provider Synnovis.
Powys Teaching Health Board goes live with Better ePMA
22 June 2026
Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) has gone live an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA)
Essex Partnership digital tool improves leg wound and ulcer care
19 June 2026
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a digital tool to improve care for
West Midlands NHS imaging programme enters procurement
19 June 2026
An NHS imaging transformation programme serving 6.6 million people across the West Midlands has entered
Health minister apologises for NHSE error on FDP data access
18 June 2026
Health minister Preet Kaur Gill has apologised for NHSE’s handling of information provided to the
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
18 June 2026
Today’s briefing features Doctify launching in Saudi Arabia and a Scottish medical management platform for
