Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
12 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a men’s 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 ‘unlimited access’ to NHS patient data
11 May 2026
The NHS is granting staff from companies including Palantir ‘unlimited access’ 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.
King’s 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 King’s 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.
Integration issues cause East Lancashire to delay EPR go live
18 August 2022
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) has delayed the planned go live of their new
AI algorithm helps Somerset clinicians detect lung cancer faster
18 August 2022
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has used a ground-breaking artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to detect lung
System C and Florence Nightingale Foundation join forces
17 August 2022
System C and Florence Nightingale Foundation have partnered up for a second year for their
Ming Tang joins Networks debate on Federated Data Platform
17 August 2022
Ming Tang, has been confirmed as panellist for the new Digital Health Networks debate series,
Digital Health Awards 2022 winner profile: Sarah Hart
16 August 2022
The next profile on our Digital Health Awards 2022 winners concentrates on Sarah Hart, who
