Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
19 March 2026
Today’s briefing features Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust extending its EPR contract with Meditech, and news on Amazon Health AI.
News
Sussex Partnership goes live with TPP SystmOne EPR
19 March 2026
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with an electronic patient record (EPR) supplied by TPP.
East Lancashire to host NHS programme to help expand AVT
19 March 2026
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is hosting a programme to deploy CLEARnotes, an ambient voice technology (AVT), across the NHS.
AVT to be rolled out to GPs under Neighbourhood Health Service
18 March 2026
The government has published the neighbourhood health framework, which includes the pledge to roll out AI and ambient voice technology (AVT).
FDP digital scheduling tool improves theatre utilisation, finds study
18 March 2026
A digital scheduling tool on the federated data platform led to measurable improvements in theatre utilisation, according to an evaluation.
DHSC and NHSE internal plan pledges £7.4bn digital investment
18 March 2026
DHSC and NHSE has pledged to invest £7.4bn in technology, digital and data between now and 2030, according to internal planning guidance.
NHS supplier hit by cyber attack by pro-Iran activist hackers
17 March 2026
The supply of defibrillator products and other medical equipment to the NHS has been affected by a cyber attack by a pro-Iran group.
Kent NHS trusts modernise imaging diagnostics with new PACS
20 May 2022
Kent and Medway Medical Imaging Consortium is deploying a picture archiving and communication system from
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
