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.
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
29 July 2022
Our latest roundup of contacts and go lives brings you news on new EPRs for
North East Ambulance Service to extend telemedicine trial
28 July 2022
North East Ambulance Service is extending its NHS England-funded telemedicine project, to support faster, more
Next update on Federated Data Platform expected in autumn
28 July 2022
The next update on the multi-million-pound NHS Federated Data Platform is expected to be published
Some systems back online but Guy’s and St Thomas’ IT issues continue
27 July 2022
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSST) is still experiencing issues after its IT
East and North Hertfordshire renews EPR contract with Dedalus
27 July 2022
East and North Hertfordshire’s contract began on 7 July 2022, the same day it was
