Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
5 March 2026
Today’s briefing features a smart shoe insole that could help prevent falls among the elderly and details of a major mental health study.
News
Accurx to supply AI-scribing tool for large-scale NHS hospital rollout
5 March 2026
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and University Hospitals of Northamptonshire Group has selected Accurx Scribe to provide AVT.
Doctors raise safety concerns about AI discharge summary tool
4 March 2026
Doctors groups have raised safety concerns over plans to roll out an AI-Assisted Discharge Summary tool nationally through the FDP.
NIHR awards £47.8m for NHS equipment to boost clinical trials
4 March 2026
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded £47.8m for equipment that will help streamline clinical trial delivery.
Support for NHS tech and AI is not evenly distributed, finds study
4 March 2026
Women, younger adults and those on low or no income are less positive about HealthTech and AI, a survey from the Health Foundation found.
NHS SBS launches £250m communication framework
3 March 2026
NHS Shared Business Services has launched a framework agreement to help the NHS improve how it communicates with its patients through tech.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
3 March 2026
Today’s briefing includes funding for Pontiro’s AI evaluation platform and a partnership between RLDatix and Blackrock Health.
Person Centred Software launch Smart Cups to tackle dehydration
11 January 2023
The UK’s leading provider of digital care management systems, Person Centred Software, has launched Smart
Ascension-Q secures £250,000 in pre-seed funding round
11 January 2023
Cloud-based clinical trials platform Ascension-Q has gained £250,000 in pre-seed funding to help expand the
NHS Digital launches online community for API developers
11 January 2023
An online community for API developers has been launched by NHS Digital to give them
West Midlands AHSN call for medical drone project
10 January 2023
An Academic Health Science Network is urging businesses to come forward in support of a
UK Canada Innovation Exchange funding competition launches
10 January 2023
UK and Canadian businesses can now apply to the UK Canada AgeTech Innovation Exchange to
