Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
23 June 2026
Today’s briefing features research into growing distrust in healthcare AI and a partnership between the MHRA and the FDA.
News
FDP ‘here to stay’ says Patel as Palantir contract faces review
23 June 2026
Nirav Patel, head of demand and delivery for the NHS FDP, has said the platform is “here to stay” but the current contract will be reviewed.
NHS England recruiting for CDIO of online hospital trust
22 June 2026
NHS England is recruiting for a chief digital information officer (CDIO) for its new online hospital trust.
Powys Teaching Health Board goes live with Better ePMA
22 June 2026
Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) has gone live an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system from Better Meds.
Essex Partnership digital tool improves leg wound and ulcer care
19 June 2026
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a digital tool to improve care for patients with leg ulcers and wounds.
West Midlands NHS imaging programme enters procurement
19 June 2026
An NHS imaging transformation programme serving 6.6 million people across the West Midlands has entered procurement.
Health minister apologises for NHSE error on FDP data access
18 June 2026
Health minister Preet Kaur Gill has apologised for NHSE’s handling of information provided to the NDG on FDP patient data access.
EDM Healthcare Consulting joins PRSB Standards Partnership Scheme
21 June 2022
EDM Healthcare Consulting has signed up to the PRSB Standards Partnership Scheme to support the
West Midlands AHSN supports use of digital chest drainage
21 June 2022
West Midlands Academic Health Science Network is supporting the use of a digital chest drainage
Digital Health Rewired to make a welcome return in 2023
20 June 2022
Returning to London’s Business Design Centre, 14-15 March, the show will be the essential learning
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital unveils virtual replica of radiology department
20 June 2022
Alder Hey Innovation has collaborated with PixelMax to create a virtual representation of its radiology
UnitedHealth Group to buy GP IT provider EMIS for £1.2billion
18 June 2022
American health giant UnitedHealth Group has agreed to acquire EMIS Group in an all-cash deal
