Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
21 January 2025
Today’s coffee briefing covers the EU’s healthcare cyber security action plan and the UK’s approval of new digital hearing aids.
News
Two Devon trusts sign contract for Epic EPR
21 January 2025
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust have signed a contract with Epic for an EPR.
Public backs technology to improve NHS, says Tony Blair Institute
21 January 2025
A TBI report shows that most members of the UK public who are dissatisfied with the NHS believe that technology could improve it.
Digital Health sells to CloserStill Media
20 January 2025
Digital Health Intelligence has concluded a deal to sell its events, news and networks businesses to CloserStill Media.
NHS trusts warned that ‘legacy debt’ could pose patient safety risk
20 January 2025
CSOs have warned that patient safety could be put at risk by NHS trusts historically failing to comply to digital clinical safety standards.
Cyber attack cost Synnovis estimated £32.7m in 2024
20 January 2025
The cyber attack on pathology provider Synnovis cost an estimated £32.7 million in 2024, company accounts filed on Companies House reveal.
Digital health coaching platform Numan launches AI assistant
17 January 2025
Numan is launching an AI Health Assistant aimed at bolstering the firm’s holistic approach to weight management through health coaching.
University Hospitals Sussex EDs switch to digital observations
18 June 2026
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has now rolled out digital observations and prescribing in
HSE and System C roll out CareFlow Pharmacy across Ireland
17 June 2026
The HSE and System C have announced the next phase of a national agreement that
King’s pilots digital prehab for hip and knee replacement patients
17 June 2026
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched a digital prehab trial for patients awaiting
FT analysis suggests FDP benefits are very uneven
16 June 2026
A report in the FT suggests waiting list reductions attributed to the FDP are heavily
The Single Patient Record: revolutionising care or rewriting trust?
16 June 2026
Jordan Sollof is joined at NHS ConfedExpo 2026 by Dr Peter Thomas and Kate Warriner
