Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing â
31 March 2026
Today’s briefing features AI designed to diagnose childhood sleep apnoea and a multilingual virtual assistant at a Welsh medical centre.
News
Experts caution against ‘snake oil’ claims in AI research
31 March 2026
Many big tech firms are over-promising and under-delivering on AI, warned health data experts at Digital Health Rewired.
National NHS chief digital, data and tech officer appointed
30 March 2026
Rob Thompson has been appointed chief digital, data and technology officer across the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England.
Cheshire trusts optimising shared EPR following go-live
30 March 2026
East Cheshire NHS Trust and Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are continuing to optimise their shared EPR months after launch.
Manchester trust to expand use of Microsoft’s AI tools
30 March 2026
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is expanding the use of AI tools across its workforce in collaboration with Microsoft.
Only 30% of trusts with EPRs have integrated data flows, finds DMA
27 March 2026
The 2025 Digital Maturity Assessment shows 93% of NHS providers use EPRs but only 30% have fully integrated bi-directional data flows.
Avoid unnecessary piloting of âexcellentâ tech, says national CNIO
27 March 2026
The NHS must âaccelerateâ and scale proven innovations to meet rising demand, Helen Balsdon told Digital Health Rewired.
North Tees implements remote monitoring for heart failure patients
28 February 2023
Patients with heart failure in the Teesside region can use remote monitoring tools as North
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals invests ÂŁ85m in new Oracle Cerner EPR
27 February 2023
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals has signed a long-term deal with Oracle Cerner which will see it
Digital Health Unplugged: The importance of CNIO mentoring
27 February 2023
Jordan Sollof chats to Amy Vercell, CCIO for nursing and AHPs at The Christie, and
National Policy to drive discussion at Digital Health Rewired 2023
27 February 2023
Talk of national policy and digital investment priorities is set to drive the discussion on
UCLH stroke pilot to expand to more trusts to reduce health inequalities
24 February 2023
A large-scale pilot for stroke patients has been announced in more NHS trusts to reduce
