Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
28 October 2025
Today’s Coffee Time includes ORCHA’s new standard for digital health safety and a HealthTech accelerator programme in West Yorkshire.
News
NHS AI trial to diagnose prostate cancer up to a month faster
28 October 2025
An AI-powered service for prostate cancer which can spot lesions in minutes will be trialled in the NHS to help speed up diagnosis for men.
NHS AI procurement must be more flexible, says national CCIO
28 October 2025
NHS AI procurement must be more flexible to keep pace with rapidly changing technology, said the national CCIO for England.
Period tracking app allows women to order free NHS contraception
27 October 2025
Healthcare platform Evaro has partnered with Clue to provide access to NHS-funded contraception through the firm’s period-tracking app.
CQC warns ‘digital by default’ could deepen NHS inequalities
27 October 2025
The CQC has warned that the NHS’s shift to digital risks excluding vulnerable patients and widening existing health inequalities.
NHS trusts to be measured on electronic services adoption
27 October 2025
NHS trusts will be measured on their adoption of electronic services and NHS App integration, according to new guidance from NHS England.
Female-founded UK HealthTech startup reaches unicorn status
24 October 2025
Female-founded health tech company SheMed has reached unicorn status after a $50 million (£37.3m) raise taking its valuation to $1bn (£750m).
University of Manchester leads digital psychosis monitoring trial
1 July 2022
The University of Manchester is trialling an app that collects data from patients who have
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
