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.
Northampton General Hospital begins digital medical records project
8 June 2022
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust has started a major project to digitise its medical records
Northern Care Alliance ‘move systems to a stable platform’
7 June 2022
IT issues are continuing to occur at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust but
NHS Digital releases cyber security materials for social care organisations
7 June 2022
NHS Digital has updated their security awareness toolkit, Keep I.T. Confidential, to help support social
Northern Ireland gains support for digital health record programme
6 June 2022
Health and Social Care Northern Ireland has enlisted Tegria and Cloud21 to support its strategy
West Midlands Ambulance Service achieves Global Digital Exemplar status
6 June 2022
West Midlands Ambulance Service has become one of only two ambulance services in the country
