Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
4 February 2025
Today’s news roundup covers £10m in funding for Liverpool’s new healthtech hub and a pilot of EnrichMyCare at Leeds Teaching Hospitals.
News
Guidance launched to ensure safety of digital mental health tech
4 February 2025
The MHRA has issued guidance to help manufacturers ensure that digital mental health technologies are effective, reliable and safe.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals sets new date for Oracle EPR go-live
4 February 2025
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has set a new date for the go-live of its Oracle Health electronic patient record (EPR).
New York Blood Center Enterprises hit by ransomware attack
3 February 2025
A cyber attack has forced New York Blood Center Enterprises to postpone appointments despite blood shortages.
NHS Supply Chain selects Leidos as cyber security provider
3 February 2025
US-based IT and defence company Leidos has been appointed cyber security provider for NHS Supply Chain under a three-year contract.
Wirral cyber attack set back cancer waiting times by months
3 February 2025
Waiting times for cancer pathways at Wirral University Teaching Hospital have been “significantly impacted” by last year’s cyber incident.
Digital mental health service to support lymphoedema patients
31 January 2025
NHS Wales’ digital wellbeing service is helping patients manage the mental health impacts of lymphoedema and lipalgia syndrome.
MHRA launches AI sandbox to improve medicines safety
16 June 2026
The MHRA is launching a new AI regulatory sandbox to improve medicines safety and accelerate
New genetic ancestry data to tackle health inequalities
15 June 2026
Our Future Health has released genetic ancestry data from 755,000 participants, enabling researchers to tackle
NHS leaders call time on AI pilots and demand national scaling
15 June 2026
Senior NHS digital leaders have called for an end to repeated AI pilots, arguing that
Ashford and St Peter’s opt for RLDatix electronic rostering
12 June 2026
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed RLDatix to deliver its electronic
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
12 June 2026
This roundup includes EPR go-lives, following delays, at both North Cumbria Integrated Care and York
