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Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives

13 March 2026

This roundup includes NHS England awarding a digital vaccinations services contract worth more than £33m and a contract to evaluate the FDP.

Human rights group urges hospitals not to use Palantir software

12 March 2026

Palantir’s contract to run the NHS federated data platform (FDP) could cause “data-driven state abuses of power”, a report from Medact warns.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

12 March 2026

Today’s briefing includes news of a cardiovascular disease screening initiative and a fellowship to explore the application of AI in genomics.

Audience gathered for an NHS Innovation Accelerator session at Digital Health Rewired 2025, with a speaker presenting to a seated crowd at the NEC Birmingham.

NIA to launch new cohort of fellows at Rewired 2026

12 March 2026

The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) will launch its 2026 cohort of fellows at Digital Health Rewired last this month.

Maria, Emergency Department nurse at Princess Royal Hospital, using the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust's (UHSussex) new digital observations and prescribing systems

Sussex emergency department launches electronic prescribing

12 March 2026

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out digital observations and prescribing in the ED at Princess Royal Hospital.

Professor Hutan Ashrafian, chief medical officer at Harbinger Health

Google AI outperforms human doctors in detecting breast cancer

11 March 2026

An NHS study on the use of AI in breast cancer screening has found that Google AI was better at detecting cases of breast cancer than humans.

Dr Maryam Mehrnezhad, from the information security department at Royal Holloway smiling

Research highlights privacy concerns around menopause tech

11 March 2026

Researchers at Royal Holloway University of London have highlighted privacy and advice concerns surrounding menopause technology.

(L-R) Professor Sultan Mahmud, director of health and communities at BT, Tony Cobain, digital director, MIAA, Michelle Corrigan, programme director, Digital Care Hub, Mike Fell, executive director of National Cyber Operations, NHS England, and Fay Stevenson, IT director, Barts Health NHS Trust on stage at a cyber security panel at Rewired 2026

Mike Fell: Cyber resilience is essential for the NHS shift to digital

25 March 2026

The health service cannot achieve the shift from ‘analogue to digital’ without cyber resilience, said

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

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