GP practice outages caused by IT firewall issue
27 April 2026
A network outage which disrupted access to clinical systems at several GP surgeries was caused by an issue with the practices’ IT firewalls.
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Cost of Northern Ireland’s digital care record rises to ÂŁ400m
24 April 2026
The cost of implementing a digital records system for Northern Irelandâs health trusts has soared to ÂŁ400 million.
Sheffield introduces surgical robot to advance cancer care
24 April 2026
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has unveiled a new robotic-assisted surgery system to advance cancer care.
NHSE explores home testing via NHS App for new conditions
24 April 2026
NHS England is exploring plans to enable patients to order tests, complete them and receive results at home via the NHS App.
Health data from UK Biobank listed for sale on Chinese website
23 April 2026
De-identified UK Biobank medical data of 500,000 participants was breached and listed for sale on a Chinese website.
Chelsea and Westminster FDP success âflawedâ, finds analysis
23 April 2026
A BMJ article has criticised data used to support claims about the impact of the NHS federated data platform (FDP) as âflawedâ.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing â
23 April 2026
Today’s briefing features a medical device for adults with diabetes and an investment to meet a growing demand for pacemaker implantation.
Uncertainty surrounds digital funding of NHS England levelling up scheme
16 November 2022
Funding of NHS Englandâs levelling up scheme is looking increasingly uncertain ahead of Thursdayâs crunch
Booking Covid jabs on NHS App coming this month says health secretary
16 November 2022
Health secretary Steve Barclay has revealed that there are some big updates coming this month
NHS Forth Valley deploys Morse EPR App for mobile working
16 November 2022
NHS Forth Valley has equipped its community workers with Cambric Systems’ Morse EPR, to support
Scarborough care home and BT trial smart tech to boost care support
15 November 2022
BT is working with a Scarborough care home to fit smart sensors to residents’ homes
NHS website registers an estimated 1.2 billion visits in past year
15 November 2022
The NHS website has recorded over a billion visits in the past 12 months, with
