Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
31 March 2026
Today’s briefing features AI designed to diagnose childhood sleep apnoea and a multilingual virtual assistant at a Welsh medical centre.
News
Experts caution against ‘snake oil’ claims in AI research
31 March 2026
Many big tech firms are over-promising and under-delivering on AI, warned health data experts at Digital Health Rewired.
National NHS chief digital, data and tech officer appointed
30 March 2026
Rob Thompson has been appointed chief digital, data and technology officer across the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England.
Cheshire trusts optimising shared EPR following go-live
30 March 2026
East Cheshire NHS Trust and Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are continuing to optimise their shared EPR months after launch.
Manchester trust to expand use of Microsoft’s AI tools
30 March 2026
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is expanding the use of AI tools across its workforce in collaboration with Microsoft.
Only 30% of trusts with EPRs have integrated data flows, finds DMA
27 March 2026
The 2025 Digital Maturity Assessment shows 93% of NHS providers use EPRs but only 30% have fully integrated bi-directional data flows.
Avoid unnecessary piloting of ‘excellent’ tech, says national CNIO
27 March 2026
The NHS must “accelerate” and scale proven innovations to meet rising demand, Helen Balsdon told Digital Health Rewired.
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,
