Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
19 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a blood test to detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier and an AI-imaging software platform to treat lung disease.
News
NHS SBS launches £900m healthcare AI solutions framework
19 May 2026
NHS Shared Business Services has launched a £900m framework agreement to support the procurement of AI across the NHS.
NIHR backs digital social care research projects with £5.4m funding
18 May 2026
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded £5.4m to nine digital social care research projects.
Networks chairs respond to NHS Modernisation Bill and SPR plans
18 May 2026
The chairs of the Digital Health advisory panels have reacted to the NHS Modernisation Bill, including plans for a single patient record.
North Cumbria goes live with EPR following delay by NHSE
18 May 2026
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) has gone live with phase one of its Alcidion electronic patient record (EPR).
Diaverum launches AI-powered kidney disease education tool
15 May 2026
Swedish renal care provider Diaverum has launched an AI health assistant designed to make kidney health education more accessible.
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
15 May 2026
Our latest roundup of contracts and go lives features electronic patient record (EPR) contract awards for The Access Group and Epic.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals announces go-live date for Oracle EPR
9 March 2026
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has confirmed the go-live date for its Oracle Health electronic
NHS population health analytics supporting early intervention
6 March 2026
Population health analytics delivered by Graphnet Health are now embedded across almost nine million patients,
AI tool predicts repeat heart attack risk for cancer patients
6 March 2026
Researchers have developed an AI tool that predicts the risk of further heart attacks in
Movers and Shakers news roundup
6 March 2026
Our latest roundup includes the appointment of chief executives for the new NHS Alliance and
Gynaecology data gaps are delaying care for women, warns report
5 March 2026
Data gaps in gynaecology are leaving women facing longer delays to diagnosis and treatment, a
