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 £400m
24 April 2026
The cost of implementing a digital records system for Northern Ireland’s health trusts has soared to £400 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 ‘flawed’, 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 “flawed”.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
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.
First national keynotes announced for Rewired 2023
22 September 2022
Simon Bolton and Saffron Cordery will devlier keynote addresses at Digital Health Rewired which is
Cloud-based telephone systems included in Thérèse Coffey’s patient plan
22 September 2022
The new health secretary has laid out plans to help improve patient access to GP
Wysa AI-chatbot app to be rolled out to teenagers across west London
21 September 2022
AI-powered therapy chatbot Wysa is now being offered to teenagers through Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing and
GenesisCare to offer tech innovations at new cancer treatment centre
21 September 2022
A new cancer treatment centre is set to open by GenesisCare in Spring 2024, providing
Charac and Positive Solutions team up for new integrated tech platform
20 September 2022
A new agreement between Charac and Positive Solutions will see a new tech platform launch
