Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
11 February 2025
Today’s news roundup covers PocDoc’s partnership with Well Pharmacy and Nexer Digital’s work improving inclusive digital access.
News
Digital inclusion project launched to improve diabetes care in Wales
11 February 2025
Public Health Wales (PHW) has appointed Healthia to lead a project to improve the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ has ‘reporting issues’ with £450m Epic EPR
11 February 2025
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is using manual data extraction for key reporting tasks, owing to issues with its £450m Epic EPR.
Guidance to simplify medtech procurement to launch in 2025
10 February 2025
Guidance to simplify the procurement of health technology is expected to launch in 2025, according to Baroness Gillian Merron.
Liva Healthcare acquires Momenta for undisclosed sum
10 February 2025
App-based healthy lifestyle coaching provider, Liva Healthcare, has acquired Discover Momenta and secured additional funding.
NICE consults on changes to its HealthTech programme
10 February 2025
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is consulting on changes to how medical technologies are evaluated.
East Ayrshire partners with Totalmobile to optimise at-home care
7 February 2025
East Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership (EAHSCP) has partnered Totalmobile to optimise its at-home care services.
Somerset Trust eliminates non-urgent bleeps with digital task management
10 August 2022
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust’s year-long study into a digital task management solution has shown positive
myGP adds Pharmacy2U delivery service for repeat prescriptions
10 August 2022
The myGP app has added another delivery service to its platform, welcoming Pharmacy2U for users
Digital Health Awards 2022 winner profile: Rob Ratcliffe
9 August 2022
The third Digital Health Awards 2022 winner profile in our series focuses on Rob Ratcliffe,
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 “disruption and instability issues”
