Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
31 October 2024
Today’s news round-up covers a pioneering ultrasonic blood pressure monitor and NHS Confederation’s take on the Autumn Budget 2024.
News
Trial finds digital avatars reduce distressing voices in psychosis
31 October 2024
A trial has found that digital avatars can help people with psychosis reduce the distress and frequency with which they hear voices.
Digital health sector reacts to Autumn Budget NHS investment
31 October 2024
Leaders from across the digital health, care and technology sectors have reacted to chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget.
Chancellor pledges more than £2bn for NHS tech and digital
30 October 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to invest more than £2bn in NHS technology and digital in the Autumn Budget.
Liverpool project integrates social housing data and NHS records
30 October 2024
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and Prima Group are leading a project that integrates social care housing data into NHS records.
AI software improves odds of good maternity care by 69%, say researchers
30 October 2024
Women are more likely to receive good care during pregnancy when AI and other clinical software tools are used, researchers have found.
Government announces £1.5bn to cut NHS elective waiting lists
29 October 2024
The government has announced £1.5bn in capital funding for surgical hubs and scanners to deliver an extra 2 million NHS appointments a year.
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
