Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
27 November 2025
Today’s briefing includes how brain stimulation can prevent depression relapses of major depressive disorder in 75% of patients.
News
MPs call for NHS to rely on UK tech firms instead of US giants
27 November 2025
MPs called for the government to prioritise UK companies for big NHS tech contracts, rather than US giants like Microsoft and Palantir.
AI testing platform removes commercial bias for NHS use
27 November 2025
Researchers have developed a platform to determine whether commercial AI algorithms are fit for NHS use to detect diabetic eye disease.
Concerns that capital funding for NHS tech could delay AI roll-out
26 November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged to invest £300 million of additional capital investment in NHS technology in the Autumn Budget.
High risk groups under-represented in Men’s Health Strategy
26 November 2025
Younger men are under-represented in the government’s Men’s Health Strategy, according to a neuroscience tech firm.
Blackwood appointed as chair of the Health Data Research Service
26 November 2025
Baroness Nicola Blackwood, a leader in life sciences and innovation, has been appointed as chair of the Health Data Research Service (HDRS).
Free digital and data training launches for AHPs
25 November 2025
A digital education programme has been launched to provide access to digital and data knowledge for AHPs based in the UK.
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
NHS digital apps’ data could reduce health inequalities
9 January 2023
A report from the NHS Race and Health Observatory has made recommendations for how the
Accurx’s new appointment booking feature a big hit across the NHS
9 January 2023
Healthcare communication platform Accurx has launched a new appointment booking feature that has been a
