Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
24 September 2024
Today’s Coffee Time Briefing covers new robotic surgery at Southampton Children’s Hospital and fall prevention tech in East England.
News
One in five GPs using AI tools in clinical practice, finds BMJ survey
24 September 2024
An online survey of UK GPs by the BMJ has revealed that one in five are using generative AI tools such as ChatGPT in clinical practice.
Southern Health launches EPS for outpatient community services
24 September 2024
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust has deployed CLEO Systems’ electronic prescription system (EPS) across a number of outpatient community services.
Dartford and Gravesham goes live with Better Meds ePMA
23 September 2024
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has gone live with the Better Meds electronic prescribing and medicine management (ePMA) system.
More than half of acute trusts signed up to the NHS FDP
23 September 2024
More than half of acute trusts have signed up to the NHS federated data platform, surpassing the target of 71 trusts by the end of 2024.
GP blood testing restored three months after Synnovis cyber attack
23 September 2024
GP blood testing services across south east London have been restored following the cyber attack on Synnovis, NHS London has confirmed.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals trials AI prostate cancer diagnosis tool
20 September 2024
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) is piloting an AI tool to assess whether it can improve prostate cancer diagnosis.
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
