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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.

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.

Dr Nick Sangala, a consultant nephrologist at the Wessex Kidney Centre who created MyRenalCare

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.

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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.

Mike Nesbitt, health minister for Northern Ireland

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.

Surgeons, nurses, theatre operating staff, anaesthetists, planning and estates teams at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust together with Sheffield Hospitals Charity at a ribbon-cutting event for the new robot last week

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.

(L to R) Amy Freeman, CDIO at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust and chair of the CIO Advisory Panel, John Mitchell, associate director of digital at NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB and chair of the ICS Digital Council, Hayley Grafton, CNIO at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and chair of the CNIO Advisory Panel, Ben Jeeves, CCIO and CSO at T-Pro and chair of the CSO Council, and Penny Kechagioglou, consultant clinical oncologist, CCIO and deputy chief medical officer at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and chair of the CCIO Advisory Panel

NHS urged to optimise existing tech before chasing new solutions

27 March 2026

The chairs of the Digital Health Networks have urged NHS organisations to focus on optimising

Jenna Cusworth-Bolger, senior service designer at Genomics England talking on the stage at Rewired 2026

Major genomics data study hits recruitment milestone

27 March 2026

The Generation Study has recruited half its intended study group, delegates at Digital Health Rewired

Jon Hoeksma, chief executive at Future Health Intelligence; Will Monaghan, group chief digital information officer at University Hospital Leicester NHS Trust; Kavitha Saravanakumar, interim chief information officer, NHS North West London; and Marc Farr, chief analytical officer at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust on the stage at Rewired 2026

FDP ‘being held back by a lack of clarity from the centre’

26 March 2026

The FDP is delivering benefits but is being held back by a lack of clarity

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

26 March 2026

Today’s briefing includes Microsoft’s rollout of an AI health assistant in the US and a

L to R: - Martin Dennys, deputy director for digital profession, NHSE - Andrew Griffiths, chief executive, FEDIP - Neil Morgan, director of advocacy and strategy, AphA - Will Smart, chair, BCS Faculty for Health and Care - Jan Hoogewerf, head of health and care, BCS on stage at Rewired

Digital health staff will be expected to gain professional registration

26 March 2026

NHS England is to set an “expectation” that staff working in digital healthcare are members

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