Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
17 March 2026
Today’s briefing features a UK charity that uses AI to identify medicines that could be repurposed to treat rare genetic conditions.
News
De-identified UK Biobank health data accidentally published online
17 March 2026
UK Biobank has confirmed that volunteers’ de-identified health data has sometimes been unintentionally published online by researchers.
Why NHS innovation stalls
17 March 2026
Mindy Simon of the NHS Innovation Accelerator, and Elina Naydenova of Feebris, discuss the barriers to scaling innovation in the NHS.
Study finds virtual treatment can benefit eating disorder patients
16 March 2026
Research from Oxford Health has found that virtual treatment can help prevent admissions and support recovery for eating disorder patients.
Feedback Medical and Patients Know Best announce partnership
16 March 2026
A partnership will bring together Feedback Medical’s elective care platform with Patients Know Best’s personal health record solution.
Child rapist could have profiled victims through NHS data access
16 March 2026
A former NHS analyst and convicted child rapist could have used unaudited database queries to profile his victims.
Somerset and Dorset sign £222m contract with Epic for unified EPR
13 March 2026
Four NHS trusts in Dorset and Somerset have signed a £222 million contract with Epic to implement a unified EPR system across the region.
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
Princess Alexandra now able to digitally collect patient details for bloods
23 May 2022
Princess Alexandra is using CliniSys’ Integrated Clinical Environment sample collection module to improve efficiencies in
