Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
28 October 2025
Today’s Coffee Time includes ORCHA’s new standard for digital health safety and a HealthTech accelerator programme in West Yorkshire.
News
NHS AI trial to diagnose prostate cancer up to a month faster
28 October 2025
An AI-powered service for prostate cancer which can spot lesions in minutes will be trialled in the NHS to help speed up diagnosis for men.
NHS AI procurement must be more flexible, says national CCIO
28 October 2025
NHS AI procurement must be more flexible to keep pace with rapidly changing technology, said the national CCIO for England.
Period tracking app allows women to order free NHS contraception
27 October 2025
Healthcare platform Evaro has partnered with Clue to provide access to NHS-funded contraception through the firm’s period-tracking app.
CQC warns ‘digital by default’ could deepen NHS inequalities
27 October 2025
The CQC has warned that the NHS’s shift to digital risks excluding vulnerable patients and widening existing health inequalities.
NHS trusts to be measured on electronic services adoption
27 October 2025
NHS trusts will be measured on their adoption of electronic services and NHS App integration, according to new guidance from NHS England.
Female-founded UK HealthTech startup reaches unicorn status
24 October 2025
Female-founded health tech company SheMed has reached unicorn status after a $50 million (£37.3m) raise taking its valuation to $1bn (£750m).
Accurx integrates with NHS App to give patients front door to GP services
13 December 2022
Jacob Haddad, co-founder and CEO of Accurx, talks exclusively about the company’s online consultation feature,
Palo Alto launches medical IoT cyber security protection
12 December 2022
Medical IoT Security has been launched by Palo Alto to secure medical devices using IoT
Nervecentre wins place on all-Wales ePMA framework agreement
12 December 2022
Nervecentre has won a spot on an all-Wales ePMA framework agreement, one of just three
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland go live with asthma virtual ward
12 December 2022
Asthma patients under NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland can access a virtual ward to help
Uber offers NHS staff free rides and food over Christmas
9 December 2022
NHS staff working over the Christmas period can receive free rides from Uber and an
