Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
18 July 2024
This edition of Digital Health’s Coffee Time Briefing includes the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy Ring with intelligent tracking.
News
Three south west trusts to launch BadgerNet maternity system
18 July 2024
Three South West NHS trusts are to digitise their respective maternity services by going live with System C’s BadgerNet maternity system.
King’s speech sets out Labour’s plans for cyber security, digital and data
17 July 2024
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s plans to introduce legislation for cyber security, digital and data were outlined in the King’s Speech on 17 July.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals to deploy Newton’s Tree AI platform
17 July 2024
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is to deploy the Newton’s Tree AI platform, allowing it to procure, integrate and monitor third party AI algorithms.
DHSC announces ministers responsible for digital and MedTech
17 July 2024
The junior ministers responsible for digital, data and MedTech within the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have been announced.
UK ranks lowest internationally for number of scanners per million
16 July 2024
The UK continues to have lowest number of MRI units, CT and PET scanners per million population amongst comparator countries, government statistics reveal.
UK faces £5.4bn trade deficit for MedTech products
16 July 2024
The UK had a trade deficit in MedTech products of £5.4 billion in 2023, government figures reveal.
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
