Industry news in brief
23 April 2021
The latest Digital Health News industry round-up features news five innovative projects received funding from the Health Innovation Network South London.
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Single child health information system launched across Lancashire
22 April 2021
The immunisation, health and developmental records of nearly half a million children across Lancashire are now being managed by a single information system.
David Cameron ‘lobbied Matthew Gould for access to NHS staff data’
22 April 2021
Cameron lobbied Gould on behalf of Greensill Capital, which developed an advance payment app for doctors and nurses in the NHS.
AXA launches digital healthcare platform with Microsoft
22 April 2021
It’s currently open to all AXA customers in Germany and Italy, with the service expected to be rolled out in the United Kingdom in 2022.
Silverlink Software announces new managing director
21 April 2021
PAS provider, Silverlink Software, has announced it has appointed Andrew Meiner as its managing director and chief commercial officer.
Alcidion Group acquires patient flow software provider ExtraMed for £5.3m
21 April 2021
The acquisition of ExtraMed will place it as a leader in the UK market for patient flow and command centre communications, according to Alcidion Group.
Ask NHS and Sensely partner to provide physio and mental health services
20 April 2021
The partnership sees the introduction of virtual assistant technology to help Ask NHS users access the services during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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
