Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
28 April 2026
Today’s briefing features an AI method to identify bowel cancer drug patients and an online pharmacy sponsoring ITV panel show Loose Women.
News
Medical device supplier Medtronic hit with cyber attack
28 April 2026
Medical device supplier Medtronic has been hit with a cyber attack that led to unauthorised access to some of its IT systems.
Portsmouth Hospitals awarded £100k for renal care app study
27 April 2026
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust has been awarded almost £100k to explore how an app could improve kidney care for patients.
Dartford and Gravesham goes live with digital maternity system
27 April 2026
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has gone live with the K2 Maternity Information System, delivered by Harris Health Alliance.
GP practice outages caused by IT firewall issue
27 April 2026
A network outage which disrupted access to clinical systems at several GP surgeries was caused by an issue with the practices’ IT firewalls.
Cost of Northern Ireland’s digital care record rises to £400m
24 April 2026
The cost of implementing a digital records system for Northern Ireland’s health trusts has soared to £400 million.
Sheffield introduces surgical robot to advance cancer care
24 April 2026
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has unveiled a new robotic-assisted surgery system to advance cancer care.
Leeds Community Healthcare Trust develops long Covid service and app
1 July 2022
Patients can download the C19YRS app to their mobile device to help self-manage their symptoms
Industry news in brief
1 July 2022
This Digital Health News industry round up includes a new imaging solution for South West
£175million in funding to be invested in improving data infrastructure
30 June 2022
The government has announced that £175million in funding will be invested in improving data infrastructure
Manchester pilots AI software for adult asthma patients
30 June 2022
Manchester is home to a new project from Health Innovation Manchester and AstraZeneca UK, which
Virtual wards remote care platform contract awarded to Current Health
30 June 2022
An NHS contract for a virtual wards programme remote care platform worth almost £1million has
