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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

2 April 2026

Today’s briefing features a free digital platform built for unpaid carers in the UK and an AI-enabled platform for eating disorder services.

NHSE publishes fresh guidance on safe use of ambient scribes

2 April 2026

NHS England has published new guidance on the use of AI-powered ambient scribing tools in health and care settings.

Professor Adrian Harris, chief medical officer (digital and research) for the Royal Devon and senior responsible owner for the One Devon EPR Programme

Torbay and South Devon on verge of Epic EPR go-live

2 April 2026

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is rolling out an Epic electronic patient record (EPR) this week.

(L to R): Dr Chris Stanley, GP partner and CCIO at Haxby Group, Helen Balsdon, CNIO at NHS England, Dr Shanker Vijay, London region GP clinical lead digital transformation, primary care at NHS England, Hassan Chaudhury, commercial director at DATA-CAN, and Una Rice, associate director – digital transformation at NHS Gloucestershire ICB

NHS must stop making life ‘difficult for innovators’

1 April 2026

Digital leaders have called for a more “brave” and “honest” approach to the barriers that prevent scaling of technologies.

Julie McCall, head of programmes - Digital First at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust smiling

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust to roll out AI-scribing

1 April 2026

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust is rolling out ambient voice technology following a pilot in community and mental health services.

NHSE intervenes to delay North Cumbria EPR go-live until May

1 April 2026

NHS England has stepped in to delay the go-live of an electronic patient record (EPR) at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Government considers use of break clause in Palantir NHS contract

31 March 2026

Government figures are reported to be considering triggering a break clause in Palantir’s NHS federated data platform (FDP) contract.

Alex Lawrence, improvement fellow at the Health Foundation

Under 50% of NHS staff receive basic EPR training

25 March 2026

Around half of NHS staff using an electronic patient record system (EPR) received training on

(L to R) Dr Indra Joshi, chief development officer at Optum UK, Dr Jennifer Dixon, chief executive at The Health Foundation, Alec Price-Forbes, national CCIO at NHS England, and Monica Fletcher, honorary senior research fellow at Nuffield Centre for Primary Care, University of Oxford, speaking in a panel session at Rewired 2026

NHS funding to focus on non-acute settings, says England’s CCIO

24 March 2026

Alec Price-Forbes, national CCIO at NHSE, confirmed at Rewired 2026 that upcoming funding will be

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

24 March 2026

Today’s briefing includes funding for a Scottish digital drug harm reduction programme and an award

Craig Millard, managing director (EVP), Harris Health Alliance

Harris Health Alliance acquires digital child health record

24 March 2026

Harris Health Alliance has completed the acquisition of digital child health record the eRedbook from

Dr Tim Jobson, medical director at Predictive Health Intelligence and consultant gastroenterologist at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Precision liver study recruits almost 1,000 people using NHS data

23 March 2026

Almost 1,000 participants have been recruited into the LiveWell study in less than a year

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