GP practice outages caused by IT firewall issue
27 April 2026
A network outage which disrupted access to clinical systems at several GP surgeries was caused by an issue with the practices’ IT firewalls.
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Cost of Northern Ireland’s digital care record rises to £400m
24 April 2026
The cost of implementing a digital records system for Northern Ireland’s health trusts has soared to £400 million.
Sheffield introduces surgical robot to advance cancer care
24 April 2026
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has unveiled a new robotic-assisted surgery system to advance cancer care.
NHSE explores home testing via NHS App for new conditions
24 April 2026
NHS England is exploring plans to enable patients to order tests, complete them and receive results at home via the NHS App.
Health data from UK Biobank listed for sale on Chinese website
23 April 2026
De-identified UK Biobank medical data of 500,000 participants was breached and listed for sale on a Chinese website.
Chelsea and Westminster FDP success ‘flawed’, finds analysis
23 April 2026
A BMJ article has criticised data used to support claims about the impact of the NHS federated data platform (FDP) as “flawed”.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
23 April 2026
Today’s briefing features a medical device for adults with diabetes and an investment to meet a growing demand for pacemaker implantation.
Industry news in brief
20 May 2022
This industry news in brief covers an award for Huma from Prix Galien International and
Sussex Community NHS Trust pilots new EPMA interoperability standard
19 May 2022
Sussex Community NHS Trust is piloting a new Electronic Prescribing Medicines Administration interoperability standard between
Exc: accuRx launches first national patient-centred record viewing system
19 May 2022
accuRX is launching Record View – a patient-centred record viewing system – across the country,
Lancashire and South Cumbria Pathology Service implements new LIMS
19 May 2022
Lancashire & South Cumbria Pathology Service is deploying a single LIMS across its network to
Solent NHS Trust unveils new online portal for health information
18 May 2022
Solent NHS Trust has launched an online portal for families, so they can access safe
