NHS AI and robot pilot to help detect lung cancer sooner
27 January 2026
NHS England has launched an AI and robot pilot to help spot lung cancer sooner, with fewer invasive tests for suspected cancer patients.
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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing
27 January 2026
Today’s briefing features North Lincolnshire Council rolling out System C platforms, including its Liquidlogic education case management.
Why the NHS needs a single patient record to prepare for the AI era
27 January 2026
In this episode of Digital Health Unplugged, Charlotte Refsum of TBI explains the importance of a single patient record in the age of AI.
Concerns mount over NHS software supplier’s links with ICE
27 January 2026
Concerns are mounting over links between NHS federated data platform (FDP) supplier Palantir and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Sonia Patel to step down as NHS England CTO
26 January 2026
Sonia Patel, chief technology officer for NHS England, is leaving to take up the role of interim government CTO for a fixed 12-month term.
Government bid to end ‘postcode lottery’ for cancer-detecting tech
26 January 2026
The government is investing in technology and AI to spot cancers earlier in a bid to end the postcode lottery of care for cancer patients.
Royal Bolton trials AI to improve accuracy of Down’s syndrome test
26 January 2026
Researchers used AI to improve the accuracy of a test that identifies if a baby has a high chance of being born with Down’s syndrome.
Goldacre says TREs will mitigate harmful data risks and ‘earn public trust’
16 May 2022
Professor Ben Goldacre has told the Science and Tech Committee that Trusted Research Environments (TREs)
Imperial College London to collaborate with Allocate for staffing tools
16 May 2022
Imperial College London has agreed a deal with Allocate Software for its patient acuity methodologies
NHS Dorset Integrated Care System appoints a chief digital officer
13 May 2022
NHS Dorset has made two new appointments to its board with a new chief digital
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
13 May 2022
The latest roundup features news from Birmingham Community Healthcare and Leeds Teaching Hospitals, who both
HIMSS Level 7 ‘not a badge for IT’ for Royal Free London
12 May 2022
The CDIO at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust spoke to Digital Health about the
