Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
28 April 2026
Today’s briefing features an AI method to identify bowel cancer drug patients and an online pharmacy sponsoring ITV panel show Loose Women.
News
Medical device supplier Medtronic hit with cyber attack
28 April 2026
Medical device supplier Medtronic has been hit with a cyber attack that led to unauthorised access to some of its IT systems.
Portsmouth Hospitals awarded £100k for renal care app study
27 April 2026
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust has been awarded almost £100k to explore how an app could improve kidney care for patients.
Dartford and Gravesham goes live with digital maternity system
27 April 2026
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has gone live with the K2 Maternity Information System, delivered by Harris Health Alliance.
GP practice outages caused by IT firewall issue
27 April 2026
A network outage which disrupted access to clinical systems at several GP surgeries was caused by an issue with the practices’ IT firewalls.
Cost of Northern Ireland’s digital care record rises to £400m
24 April 2026
The cost of implementing a digital records system for Northern Ireland’s health trusts has soared to £400 million.
Sheffield introduces surgical robot to advance cancer care
24 April 2026
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has unveiled a new robotic-assisted surgery system to advance cancer care.
Humber trust receives NHSE funding to lead on NHS App features
7 April 2026
NHS England has asked the Trust implement these features on behalf of 11 other trusts
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
7 April 2026
Today’s briefing features a saliva-based pregnancy test called the Lollipop and a healthcare-focused AI interpreter
Rolling out the FDP and AVT at scale
7 April 2026
In this episode at Rewired 2026, Will Monaghan discusses rolling out the federated data platform
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust deploys ophthalmology EPR
7 April 2026
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with an ophthalmology electronic patient record (EPR)
Leeds Teaching Hospitals secures £1.5m to boost research
2 April 2026
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been awarded £1.5m to advance research and streamline the
