Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing â
12 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a menâs health event at Ipswich Town Football Club and a merger to create a unified care management platform.
News
GPs and hospitals to share patient data for single patient record
12 May 2026
NHS hospitals and GP practices will be required to share patient data under new government legislation to create a single patient record.
Palantir to be granted âunlimited accessâ to NHS patient data
11 May 2026
The NHS is granting staff from companies including Palantir âunlimited accessâ to identifiable patient data while working on its FDP.
GP IT supplier Optum acquired by US equity firm TPG
11 May 2026
Optum UK, the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary that owns EMIS, has been acquired by US private equity firm TPG.
Kingâs College rolls out AI to enhance cardiac care
11 May 2026
AI software that helps cardiologists make quicker and more accurate decisions has been rolled out at Kingâs College Hospital.
App helps more than 260 cardiac arrest witnesses in Essex
8 May 2026
An Essex support service, which includes an app, has helped more than 260 bystanders who saw over 200 out of hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA).
Midlands hospital uses endoscopy tech to examine small bowel
8 May 2026
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) has begun using capsule endoscopy technology to examine the small bowel.
Industry news in brief
28 October 2022
The latest Digital Health News industry roundup brings you news from InnoScot, East Renfrewshire Health
UKCloud in liquidation after being struck with winding up order
27 October 2022
UKCloud has been placed into liquidation after a winding up order was made against the
HEE trials digital genomics tool with primary care clinicians
27 October 2022
Health Education England (HEE) is rolling out an online tool to clinicians in order to
Digital Health Unplugged: How a shared domain can impact an ICS
26 October 2022
The next episode of Digital Health Unplugged takes a look on how a shared domain
Steve Barclay returns as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
26 October 2022
Steve Barclay has been appointed the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care,
