Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
12 August 2025
This edition of coffee time includes news from the NHS Ambulance Radio Programme and a DIY heart monitor from Phillips for NHS patients.
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Digital Health Unplugged: Mobile technology in healthcare
12 August 2025
This episode, in partnership with Digital Health Networks sponsor Imprivata, focuses on all things mobile technology in healthcare.
East of England partnership enables stroke triage via live video
12 August 2025
A partnership in the East of England has enabled frontline ambulance crews to consult stroke specialists via video.
Nearly 400k use NHS App prescription tracker since launch
11 August 2025
Nearly 400,000 people have used a prescription tracking feature in the NHS App in the first 10 weeks since its launch, said NHS England.
Interactive digital platform launched to tackle health inequalities
11 August 2025
The NHS Race and Health Observatory has launched a digital platform to support healthcare organisations in tackling health inequalities.
Ultromics secures £41m Series C funding to expand AI solution
11 August 2025
Ultromics, a provider of AI-driven cardiology solutions, has raised $55m (£41m) in Series C financing to scale its technology across the US.
Ambulance software developed in Rwanda to enable faster care
8 August 2025
Ambulance technology developed in Rwanda by University of Birmingham experts could save nearly one million lives by enabling faster care.
Harrogate and District launches phase two of Nervecentre EPR
13 May 2026
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) has gone live with the second phase of
Health innovation minister Zubir Ahmed resigns
13 May 2026
Dr Zubir Ahmed has resigned as health innovation and safety minister in protest over Prime
Repairing EPR data errors could cost NHS at least £13.5m in 2026
13 May 2026
NHS trusts in England could spend more than £13.5m in 2026 on correcting data problems
NHS CEO Salma Yasmeen to speak at Summer Schools 2026
12 May 2026
Salma Yasmeen, chief executive at Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, has been confirmed
Pitchfest winner: Why the UK is falling behind on women’s health
12 May 2026
Pitchfest 2026 winner Valentina Milanova on why the UK is falling behind in women’s health
