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.
Virtual wards for heart surgery patients to be rolled across London
25 May 2022
A virtual ward is to be rolled out across London as part of a remote
Motilent secures additional funding for bowel care technology
24 May 2022
Motilent has secured funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research to support
Medway NHS Foundation Trust adopts cervical cancer diagnostic tool
24 May 2022
Medway NHS Foundation Trust is improving its cervical cancer screening service with the introduction of
Online sexual health service rated outstanding by CQC
23 May 2022
Online sexual health service, SH: 24, has been rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission,
Northern Care Alliance to set up 500 bed virtual ward in Manchester
23 May 2022
The NHS Northern Care Alliance is to set up one of the UK’s biggest virtual
