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).
Two East of England trusts to digitise pathology following deal with Sectra
28 June 2022
Two NHS trusts in the East of England have signed an agreement with medical imaging
Somerset NHS FT trials AI algorithm for lung cancer diagnosis
27 June 2022
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is trialling an AI algorithm to help reduce waiting times between
NHS Scotland patients to benefit from fast-track innovation scheme
24 June 2022
NHS Scotland has launched the Accelerated National Innovation Adoption pathway to accelerate the adoption of
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh use online booking for blood tests
23 June 2022
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh is using software from Dedalus to enable patients to book their
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough support exercise app for mental health
22 June 2022
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust’s charity, Head to Toe, has provided funding for a
