Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
18 July 2024
This edition of Digital Health’s Coffee Time Briefing includes the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy Ring with intelligent tracking.
News
Three south west trusts to launch BadgerNet maternity system
18 July 2024
Three South West NHS trusts are to digitise their respective maternity services by going live with System C’s BadgerNet maternity system.
King’s speech sets out Labour’s plans for cyber security, digital and data
17 July 2024
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s plans to introduce legislation for cyber security, digital and data were outlined in the King’s Speech on 17 July.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals to deploy Newton’s Tree AI platform
17 July 2024
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is to deploy the Newton’s Tree AI platform, allowing it to procure, integrate and monitor third party AI algorithms.
DHSC announces ministers responsible for digital and MedTech
17 July 2024
The junior ministers responsible for digital, data and MedTech within the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have been announced.
UK ranks lowest internationally for number of scanners per million
16 July 2024
The UK continues to have lowest number of MRI units, CT and PET scanners per million population amongst comparator countries, government statistics reveal.
UK faces £5.4bn trade deficit for MedTech products
16 July 2024
The UK had a trade deficit in MedTech products of £5.4 billion in 2023, government figures reveal.
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
