Most of public think that NHS ‘single patient record’ already exists
15 May 2025
Most of the public think that a single patient record (SPR) already exists, according to research by Understanding Patient Data.
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Jessica Morley and Joe Zhang to speak on AI at Summer Schools
14 May 2025
Dr Jessica Morley and Dr Joe Zhang will speak at Summer Schools 2025 to support digital leaders embedding AI ethically in healthcare.
East Sussex Healthcare signs 10-year EPR deal with Nervecentre
14 May 2025
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has signed a 10-year contract with Nervecentre to implement its electronic patient record (EPR) system.
NHSE drops plans to publish a dedicated digital workforce plan
14 May 2025
Exclusive: NHS England has confirmed that it no longer plans to publish a dedicated digital workforce plan which was promised in 2024.
NHSE seeks market engagement on digital primary care
13 May 2025
NHS England has launched a market engagement on a new framework for the supply of digital solutions for primary care.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
13 May 2025
Today’s coffee briefing covers a new round of DSIT fellowships and the first real-time 3D “digital twin” of a hospital room in Denmark.
NHS England awards £13.3m ‘tiger teams’ contract to KPMG
13 May 2025
NHS England has awarded a ‘tiger teams’ contract worth £13.3 million to KPMG to support trusts unlikely to meet the March 2026 EPR target.
Industry news in brief
14 October 2022
This Digital Health News industry roundup includes a landmark for the Consultant Connect platform and
Mental health trusts still unable to access patient records months after attack
13 October 2022
The NHS is struggling to recover EPRs for 12 mental health trusts after the most
Client data exfiltrated in Advanced NHS cyber attack
13 October 2022
Health and care software supplier Advanced has confirmed that client data were accessed and extracted
MHRA and NICE receive funding to explore digital mental health tools
13 October 2022
MHRA and NICE will be exploring the regulation of digital mental health tools, with help
Cerner Millennium EPR issue now resolved following national outage
12 October 2022
Downtime and performance issues with Cerner Millennium electronic patient record systems, causing a national outage
