Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
7 October 2025
Today’s edition of Coffee Time Briefing includes funding for Miiskin and BoobyBiome and the Discovery Spark business development programme.
News
Heidi Health raises £48m in Series B funding to expand globally
7 October 2025
Heidi Health has announced the closing of a $65 million (£48m) Series B funding round which will help the firm expand globally.
East Suffolk and North Essex goes live with Epic EPR
7 October 2025
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has gone live with an electronic patient record (EPR) system from Epic.
Mersey Care launches digital platform for children with anorexia
6 October 2025
Mersey Care’s children’s eating disorder service has launched a digital intervention for young people with anorexia and their families.
Health sector reacts to plans for an ‘online hospital’ in England
6 October 2025
Leaders from the health sector share their views on government plans to launch an ‘online’ hospital’ in England by 2027.
DHSC to roll out value-based procurement for MedTech
6 October 2025
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is launching new guidelines on value-based procurement for MedTech.
AI physiotherapist approved to make autonomous decisions
3 October 2025
Exclusive: An AI-powered physio platform has been approved to carry out patients’ entire care pathway without input from clinicians.
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
NHS Highland harness the benefits of robotic surgery
17 June 2022
NHS Highland has carried out nearly 100 robot assisted surgeries since August 2021, when it
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
17 June 2022
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives brings you news of a digitisation
NHS wants to stop ‘reinventing the wheel’ and involve public in digitisation
16 June 2022
A panel of NHS digital leads have told the ConfedExpo audience that frontline digitisation of
Second NHS official to join Palantir as it guns for £360m contract
16 June 2022
Harjeet Dhaliwal, deputy director of data services at NHS England and NHS Improvement will follow
