Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
10 October 2024
Today’s Coffee Time Briefing covers a German AI-powered exoskeleton and digital pathology funding for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
News
Funding announced to boost development of health tech for cancer
10 October 2024
New medical technologies to diagnose cancer, such as scanners and AI models, will be trialled in the UK following new government funding.
Paediatric virtual ward launches across Norfolk and Waveney ICB
10 October 2024
Norfolk and Waveney ICB has launched a children’s virtual ward to support the delivery of hospital-level paediatric care at home.
Online GP consultations reached peak in August 2024
9 October 2024
Online and video GP consultations reached a peak in August 2024 with 5% of patients seen virtually, according to NHS England data.
Digital mental health referral scheme launched for parents in Wales
9 October 2024
New and expectant parents in Wales can be referred directly by their perinatal teams to free digital mental health support via SilverCloud.
West Yorkshire trusts share test results using Clinisys ICE OpenNet
9 October 2024
The West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT) can now access results from across their pathology network using Clinisys’ ICE OpenNet.
New regulatory office will support healthcare AI innovations
8 October 2024
Science secretary Peter Kyle has launched a regulatory office, which will support the healthcare sector to deploy AI innovations safely.
NHS England recruiting for CDIO of online hospital trust
22 June 2026
NHS England is recruiting for a chief digital information officer (CDIO) for its new online
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
