Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
9 July 2026
Today’s briefing features shape-shifting microneedles inspired by a carnivorous plant and AIāpowered painādetection technology.
News
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board rolls out Better ePMA
9 July 2026
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has begun rolling out the Better Meds electronic prescribing and medicines administration system (ePMA).
NHS staff to face sack or prison for unlawful patient data access
8 July 2026
NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has said NHS staff face the sack or even prison if they access patient records unlawfully.
Birmingham trusts launch InterSystems shared patient portal
8 July 2026
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health and Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trusts have launched a shared patient portal.
Uni Hospitals of Leicester upgrades EPR and begins AVT rollout
7 July 2026
University Hospitals of Leicester has upgraded its Nervecentre EPR system and begun the phased deployment of ambient voice technology (AVT).
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
7 July 2026
Today’s briefing features acoustic gut monitoring technology and a contraction timer to support women during labour.
NICE recommends two technologies for endometriosis diagnosis
7 July 2026
NICE has said that two new non-invasive technologies can be used in the NHS to speed up the diagnosis of endometriosis in primary care.
Industry news in brief
24 March 2023
This Digital Health News industry roundup covers Maven Clinicās acquisition of Naytal and Medwise.ai securing
ORCHA creates UKās first Digital Health Formulary
23 March 2023
The world’s first digital health formulary has been created by ORCHA, alongside Health App Libraries
Guyās and St Thomasā first to use TORS approach for surgery
23 March 2023
In a world first, Guy’s and St Thomas’ has been using the Versius robotic surgery
Digital Health and Care Wales to launch digital systems usability survey
23 March 2023
In a move to assess how effective the digital clinical systems used in NHS Wales
PerkinElmer launch to accelerate drug discovery efforts
22 March 2023
PerkinElmer has introduced an upgraded version of its EnVision system, a multimode plate reader which
