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.
xWave partners with Royal College of Radiologists to tackle backlog
25 October 2022
A new collaboration between xWave and the Royal College of Radiologists will help tackle the
Norfolk and Norwich use VR to deliver dementia insights for training
25 October 2022
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has turned to virtual reality to improve
NHS launches online site finder for monkeypox vaccine
24 October 2022
A new site finder for the monkeypox vaccine has been rolled out online by the
Digital Healthâs monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
21 October 2022
Our latest roundup brings you news of the establishment of one of the UKâs largest
Health Education England awards funding to support digital workforce
20 October 2022
Health Education England is supporting the next generation of digital health workers with funding for
