Synnovis cyber attack caused two cases of severe patient harm
23 January 2025
Two patients have suffered long-term or permanent damage to their health as a result of the cyber attack on NHS pathology provider Synnovis.
News
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
23 January 2025
Today’s news roundup covers Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s EPMA rollout and BT urging a faster move to adopting digital connectivity.
Vin Diwakar to keynote on Digital Transformation Stage at Rewired
23 January 2025
Dr Vin Diwakar, national director of transformation at NHS England, will open day two of Digital Health Rewired 2025 with a keynote address.
UHNM Heart and Lung Centre to help develop national AI training
23 January 2025
The Heart and Lung Centre at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) will help develop a national AI training programme.
Brain implant will be trialled by NHS to help treat neural conditions
22 January 2025
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust will trial a whole-brain computer interface to modulate brain-wide activity.
MHRA issues guidance on medical device surveillance regulation
22 January 2025
MHRA has issued fresh guidance to help medical device manufacturers prepare for upcoming regulatory changes.
High street opticians could spot dementia risk using AI tool
22 January 2025
Researchers are working with high street opticians to develop a digital tool that can predict a person’s risk of dementia from an eye test.
The Single Patient Record: revolutionising care or rewriting trust?
16 June 2026
Jordan Sollof is joined at NHS ConfedExpo 2026 by Dr Peter Thomas and Kate Warriner
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
16 June 2026
Today’s briefing features enhanced cancer-killing agents technology and an AI model for NHS Care Navigation.
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
