Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
10 October 2024
Today’s Coffee Time Briefing covers a German AI-powered exoskeleton and digital pathology funding for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
News
Funding announced to boost development of health tech for cancer
10 October 2024
New medical technologies to diagnose cancer, such as scanners and AI models, will be trialled in the UK following new government funding.
Paediatric virtual ward launches across Norfolk and Waveney ICB
10 October 2024
Norfolk and Waveney ICB has launched a children’s virtual ward to support the delivery of hospital-level paediatric care at home.
Online GP consultations reached peak in August 2024
9 October 2024
Online and video GP consultations reached a peak in August 2024 with 5% of patients seen virtually, according to NHS England data.
Digital mental health referral scheme launched for parents in Wales
9 October 2024
New and expectant parents in Wales can be referred directly by their perinatal teams to free digital mental health support via SilverCloud.
West Yorkshire trusts share test results using Clinisys ICE OpenNet
9 October 2024
The West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT) can now access results from across their pathology network using Clinisys’ ICE OpenNet.
New regulatory office will support healthcare AI innovations
8 October 2024
Science secretary Peter Kyle has launched a regulatory office, which will support the healthcare sector to deploy AI innovations safely.
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
