Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
14 April 2026
Today’s briefing features Apple requiring health app developers to declare if their app is classified as a regulated medical device.
News
NICE speakers confirmed for Digital Health Summer Schools 2026
14 April 2026
Two speakers from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have been confirmed for Digital Health Summer Schools 2026.
Kent and Medway mental health appointments launch online
14 April 2026
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust has a launched a portal to give patients 24/7 online access to their mental health appointments.
MHRA secures £3.6m to expand AI regulatory sandbox
13 April 2026
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has secured funding to expand its AI Airlock regulatory sandbox.
IBM awarded £160m to transform NHS App into ‘health companion’
13 April 2026
NHS England has awarded a contract worth more than £160m to IBM for the supplier to support the development of the NHS App.
AI-scribing to be rolled out across UK’s second largest dental group
13 April 2026
Dental group PortmanDentex has announced a two‑year partnership with Heidi to roll out AI-scribing software and other clinical AI tools.
NHS Scotland websites linking to adult and illegal sports content
10 April 2026
NHS Glasgow’s cyber security team is working with a GP practice after its website was linked to adult content and illegal sports streams.
Former NHSX AI director to join US data analytics company Palantir
22 April 2022
The former director of artificial intelligence (AI) at NHSX, Indra Joshi, is set to join
Find your NHS Number online service used 4.6million times in first year
22 April 2022
The online Find your NHS Number service which enables people to search for their NHS
Industry news in brief
22 April 2022
This Digital Health News industry round-up covers major investments, a support finder for mental health
HEE renews clinical decision support tool than can integrate with EPRs
21 April 2022
Health Education England (HEE) is extending its use of BMJ Best Practice, a decision support
Oxford University Hospitals to use robotic platform for spinal surgery
21 April 2022
Oxford University Hospitals has become the first NHS Trust in the UK to acquire ExcelsiusGPS,
