Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
12 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a men’s health event at Ipswich Town Football Club and a merger to create a unified care management platform.
News
GPs and hospitals to share patient data for single patient record
12 May 2026
NHS hospitals and GP practices will be required to share patient data under new government legislation to create a single patient record.
Palantir to be granted ‘unlimited access’ to NHS patient data
11 May 2026
The NHS is granting staff from companies including Palantir ‘unlimited access’ to identifiable patient data while working on its FDP.
GP IT supplier Optum acquired by US equity firm TPG
11 May 2026
Optum UK, the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary that owns EMIS, has been acquired by US private equity firm TPG.
King’s College rolls out AI to enhance cardiac care
11 May 2026
AI software that helps cardiologists make quicker and more accurate decisions has been rolled out at King’s College Hospital.
App helps more than 260 cardiac arrest witnesses in Essex
8 May 2026
An Essex support service, which includes an app, has helped more than 260 bystanders who saw over 200 out of hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA).
Midlands hospital uses endoscopy tech to examine small bowel
8 May 2026
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) has begun using capsule endoscopy technology to examine the small bowel.
Babylon Health careful of UK expansion as it loses money on ‘every member’
9 June 2022
Dr Ali Parsa said the company will be careful about further expansion of UK services
Digital Health CIOs speak out on EPR convergence and levelling up plans
9 June 2022
A number of Digital Health Networks CIO Advisory Panel members exclusively voice their thoughts on
NHS report recommends the deployment of AI educational materials for staff
9 June 2022
The development and deployment of “educational pathways and materials” for healthcare staff on the use
Tech Innovation Framework for primary care launched by NHS Digital
8 June 2022
An invitation to tender has been issued to join the Tech Innovation Framework, designed to
Gateshead Health gains Global Digital Exemplar accreditation
8 June 2022
Gateshead Health has been accredited as a 2022 digital leader with the Global Digital Exemplar
