The NHS 10 year health plan: What do we know so far?
30 June 2025
As the publication of the 10 year health plan approaches, Digital Health News editor Tammy Lovell takes a look at what we know so far.
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NHS App could offer AI-driven mental health support
27 June 2025
Patients will get better access to mental health support through the NHS App under the NHS 10 year health plan, the DHSC has announced.
Scotland’s Digital Front Door app launch ‘may be underwhelming’
27 June 2025
Scotland’s version of the NHS App will only be available to dermatology patients in one area initially, the government has confirmed.
UK joins global network for the safe use of AI in healthcare
27 June 2025
The UK has become the first country to join a new global network of health regulators focused on the safe use of AI in healthcare.
AI tool will launch on NHS App to help tackle health inequalities
26 June 2025
An AI tool will be added to the NHS App to help tackle health inequalities, as part of measures under the 10 year health plan.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing â
26 June 2025
This morning’s edition of Coffee Time includes the world’s first tech-enabled contraception and the launch of Genomics’ Health Insights tool.
Patient death linked to cyber attack on NHS pathology provider
26 June 2025
The first patient death linked to the cyber attack last year on NHS pathology system provider Synnovis has been confirmed.
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
Kingâs 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
App helps more than 260 cardiac arrest witnesses in Essex
8 May 2026
An Essex support service, which includes an app, has helped more than 260 bystanders who
Midlands hospital uses endoscopy tech to examine small bowel
8 May 2026
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) has begun using capsule endoscopy technology to examine
Movers and Shakers news roundup
8 May 2026
Our latest Movers and Shakers roundup features a new chief executive for Oxford Health NHS
