Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing â
8 July 2025
Find out more about two new PAS launches and the news that all babies born in the UK could have their DNA mapped within the decade.
News
NHS spending ÂŁ230m annually on paper patient records
8 July 2025
New analysis by Future Health Intelligence has found that the majority of NHS trusts still spend large sums to maintain paper medical records.Â
Barnsley Hospital to implement care coordination centre
7 July 2025
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has signed a long-term contract with TeleTracking UK to implement a care coordination centre.
Facial recognition app for pain receives more funding
7 July 2025
PainChek’s facial recognition app has received funding to support a further 994 people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK).
Ming Tang and new Networks chairs respond to 10 year plan
7 July 2025
Ming Tang and the three new chairs of the Digital Health Networks Advisory Panels have responded to the government’s 10 year health plan.
VR improves patient experience at Leeds Children’s Hospital
4 July 2025
Virtual reality technology at Leeds Children’s Hospital is enabling young patients to undergo medical procedures without general anaesthetic.
BMA warns GP online consultation changes may cause waiting lists
4 July 2025
BMA leaders have warned that making GP practices keep online tools open all day will risk a spike in workload and could create waiting lists.
NHS staff praised for using innovation to help eliminate long waiting lists
9 August 2022
Staff were praised for using innovation to help eliminate long waits for scans, checks, surgical
Northern Care Alliance IT disruption resulted in one serious incident
8 August 2022
Back in May 2022, the trust confirmed it has been experiencing âdisruption and instability issuesâ
Sarah Hanbridge reflects on Digital Health award and Summer Schools
8 August 2022
The Digital Health Networks CNIO Advisory Panel chair Sarah Hanbridge reflects on winning a new
Outage of Advanced’s health and care solutions linked to cyber-attack
5 August 2022
Advanced experienced issues with a number of health and care products, including its Adastra software
Industry news in brief
5 August 2022
This industry news round up looks at how AI is being used in Scotland to
