Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
9 September 2025
Today’s Coffee Time Briefing covers a milestone for the National Centre for Child Health Technology and a WhatsApp channel launched by NHSE.
News
Naq raises £5.1m to help HealthTech firms meet cyber standards
9 September 2025
Naq has raised €6 million (£5.1m) to help HealthTech companies meet NHS standards amid rising cyber threats and regulatory delays.
Warning that NHS league tables must not be ‘instruments of blame’
9 September 2025
Concerns have been raised that NHS league tables for England published today could be used as “instruments of blame”.
Dartford and Gravesham deploys electronic test ordering system
8 September 2025
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has rolled out an electronic test ordering system to help staff place imaging and pathology orders.
AI-enabled pregnancy ultrasound to be trialled in NHS hospitals
8 September 2025
An AI obstetric imaging tool will be trialled across four NHS hospitals to help identify congenital problems at the 20 week pregnancy scan.
Oracle Health EPR to go live across two Essex trusts
5 September 2025
An Oracle Health electronic patient record system called Nova is being implemented in phases from next year across two Essex NHS trusts.
MyWay Digital Health raises £3m for AI chronic disease solutions
5 September 2025
MyWay Digital Health (MWDH) has secured a £3 million investment to accelerate the development of new AI-enabled products.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
12 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a men’s health event at Ipswich Town Football Club and a merger
GPs and hospitals to share patient data for single patient record
12 May 2026
NHS hospitals and GP practices will be required to share patient data under new government
Palantir to be granted ‘unlimited access’ to NHS patient data
11 May 2026
The NHS is granting staff from companies including Palantir ‘unlimited access’ to identifiable patient data
GP IT supplier Optum acquired by US equity firm TPG
11 May 2026
Optum UK, the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary that owns EMIS, has been acquired by US private
King’s College rolls out AI to enhance cardiac care
11 May 2026
AI software that helps cardiologists make quicker and more accurate decisions has been rolled out
