Programme launched to scale digital health innovation in the Midlands
3 March 2025
Grow Digital Health Midlands 2025 has been launched to support UK companies to develop and scale digital health innovations within the NHS.
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Digital therapeutics toolkit improves respiratory outcomes in Wales
28 February 2025
A respiratory digital therapeutics toolkit is improving outcomes and reducing health inequalities for people with asthma and COPD in Wales.
GP appointments to be booked online to end ‘8am scrabble’
28 February 2025
Patients will be able to request GP appointments online from October 2025, under changes to the GP contract.
Universal Care Plan expands to dementia, frailty and autism
28 February 2025
The Universal Care Plan now includes new care planning sections for patients with dementia, frailty, learning disabilities, and autism.
Croydon Sexual Health to implement Inform Health PHR
27 February 2025
Croydon Sexual Health has announced plans to implement Inform Health’s personal health record, as part of plans to manage increasing demand.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
27 February 2025
This Coffee Time Briefing includes new guidance from MHRA on digital mental health technologies and the launch of CharmHealthHub.
Value of IBM’s NHS App contract increased to £78.6m
27 February 2025
NHS England has increased the value of a contract with IBM for additional work on the NHS App to support the government’s NHS App programme.
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
Two midlands NHS trusts end partnerships with Babylon
4 August 2022
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have both ended
Major outage of multiple health and care systems provided by Advanced
4 August 2022
A number of health and care systems delivered by British business software and services provider
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICS introduces virtual wards
4 August 2022
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland NHS is teaming up with Spirit Health to introduce virtual wards
