Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing â
20 January 2026
Today’s briefing features funding for preventive healthcare company Ahead Health, and an AI-powered teeth straightening solution.
News
Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest 2026 shortlist revealed
20 January 2026
A shortlist of 16 digital health start-ups has been selected to advance to the next stage of Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest 2026.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board rolls out Clinisys WinPath
19 January 2026
The Blood Transfusion service at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) has gone live with Clinisys WinPath.
VR project aims to boost UKâs medicine manufacturing skills
19 January 2026
A ÂŁ4.3 million UK government scheme is aiming to encourage more than 140,000 people into medicine manufacturing using VR training.
Anthropic and Google follow OpenAI to launch healthcare AI
19 January 2026
Anthropic and Google are the latest major players to announce AI tools designed for healthcare, following the launch of ChatGPT Health.
Digital Healthâs monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
16 January 2026
Our first roundup of 2026 features the go-live of an Epic electronic health record at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.
Nordic firms to bring HealthTech to Yorkshire and Humber region
16 January 2026
Eleven Nordic HealthTech companies have been selected to bring their innovations to the Yorkshire and Humber region.
National NHS chief digital, data and tech officer appointed
30 March 2026
Rob Thompson has been appointed chief digital, data and technology officer across the Department of
Cheshire trusts optimising shared EPR following go-live
30 March 2026
East Cheshire NHS Trust and Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are continuing to optimise
Manchester trust to expand use of Microsoft’s AI tools
30 March 2026
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is expanding the use of AI tools across its
Only 30% of trusts with EPRs have integrated data flows, finds DMA
27 March 2026
The 2025 Digital Maturity Assessment shows 93% of NHS providers use EPRs but only 30%
Avoid unnecessary piloting of âexcellentâ tech, says national CNIO
27 March 2026
The NHS must âaccelerateâ and scale proven innovations to meet rising demand, Helen Balsdon told
