Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
14 January 2025
Our latest news roundup covers cleaning robots at South Tees Hospitals and a £10 million framework for data validation services.
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Government announces AI Action Plan including health data library
14 January 2025
Prime minister Keir Starmer has unveiled details of the government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan, which includes a National Data Library.
Microsoft confirmed as Rewired 2025 co-headline sponsor
13 January 2025
Microsoft has been confirmed as the co-headline sponsor of Digital Health Rewired 2025, the UK’s biggest and best digital health conference.
CBT-based app helps children self-manage anxiety through ‘quests’
13 January 2025
A CBT-based mobile game designed to help children self-manage anxiety is now available across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Suppliers doubled on Digital Capability for Health framework
13 January 2025
The Crown Commercial Service has included twice the number of suppliers in the latest version of its Digital Capability for Health framework.
£2m tech platform launched to simplify access to medical cannabis
10 January 2025
Releaf has launched a £2 million proprietary tech platform to transform how patients access medical cannabis treatment.
PocDoc app rolled out in West Yorkshire to screen for CVD
10 January 2025
PocDoc has partnered with the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership to roll out cardiovascular disease (CVD) health screenings.
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
