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.
First four regional secure data environments confirmed
8 December 2022
Four initial sites will be awarded a slice of £100 million funding by NHS England
Guy’s and St Thomas’ sign contract with Radar Healthcare
7 December 2022
Radar Healthcare has won a contract with Guy’s and St Thomas’ to consolidate existing risk
Camden Council pilot uses mobile care tech to get patients home quicker
7 December 2022
A small trial from Camden Council and Oysta is seeing medically-fit patients discharged from hospital
Baywater Healthcare treats over 7,000 patients with virtual ward service
7 December 2022
More than 7,000 patients have benefited from Baywater Healthcare’s virtual ward service which is being
System Control Centres ‘a good concept’ but challenges lie ahead
6 December 2022
Yorkshire & Humber Care Record Programme director and CIO, Lee Rickles, speaks exclusively about the
