Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
4 February 2025
Today’s news roundup covers £10m in funding for Liverpool’s new healthtech hub and a pilot of EnrichMyCare at Leeds Teaching Hospitals.
News
Guidance launched to ensure safety of digital mental health tech
4 February 2025
The MHRA has issued guidance to help manufacturers ensure that digital mental health technologies are effective, reliable and safe.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals sets new date for Oracle EPR go-live
4 February 2025
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has set a new date for the go-live of its Oracle Health electronic patient record (EPR).
New York Blood Center Enterprises hit by ransomware attack
3 February 2025
A cyber attack has forced New York Blood Center Enterprises to postpone appointments despite blood shortages.
NHS Supply Chain selects Leidos as cyber security provider
3 February 2025
US-based IT and defence company Leidos has been appointed cyber security provider for NHS Supply Chain under a three-year contract.
Wirral cyber attack set back cancer waiting times by months
3 February 2025
Waiting times for cancer pathways at Wirral University Teaching Hospital have been “significantly impacted” by last year’s cyber incident.
Digital mental health service to support lymphoedema patients
31 January 2025
NHS Wales’ digital wellbeing service is helping patients manage the mental health impacts of lymphoedema and lipalgia syndrome.
Digital Health Unplugged: Taking a look at IT and data in primary care
21 July 2022
Hannah Crouch is joined by Dr Hussain Gandhi, or as some of you may know
Hexham General participates in surgical robot medical trial
20 July 2022
Hexham General Hospital is taking part in a medical trial to assess how beneficial robotic
Bedfordshire Hospitals launches new shared health and care record
20 July 2022
Bedfordshire Hospitals is working in partnership with InterSystems to deliver a shared health and care
NHS Digital to trial wireless technologies for better health care
20 July 2022
NHS Digital is to run its The Wireless Centre of Excellence trials again to find
NHS website registers 500% increase in visits for heat exhaustion advice
19 July 2022
The NHS website saw a massive increase in visits to its page on heat exhaustion
