Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
28 April 2026
Today’s briefing features an AI method to identify bowel cancer drug patients and an online pharmacy sponsoring ITV panel show Loose Women.
News
Medical device supplier Medtronic hit with cyber attack
28 April 2026
Medical device supplier Medtronic has been hit with a cyber attack that led to unauthorised access to some of its IT systems.
Portsmouth Hospitals awarded Ā£100k for renal care app study
27 April 2026
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust has been awarded almost Ā£100k to explore how an app could improve kidney care for patients.
Dartford and Gravesham goes live with digital maternity system
27 April 2026
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has gone live with the K2 Maternity Information System, delivered by Harris Health Alliance.
GP practice outages caused by IT firewall issue
27 April 2026
A network outage which disrupted access to clinical systems at several GP surgeries was caused by an issue with the practices’ IT firewalls.
Cost of Northern Ireland’s digital care record rises to Ā£400m
24 April 2026
The cost of implementing a digital records system for Northern Irelandās health trusts has soared to Ā£400 million.
Sheffield introduces surgical robot to advance cancer care
24 April 2026
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has unveiled a new robotic-assisted surgery system to advance cancer care.
Goldacre recommends Trusted Research Environments become ‘the norm’
7 April 2022
A review led by Professor Ben Goldacre into health data has recommended Trusted Research Environments
PA Consulting awarded NHSX and NHS Digital merger support contract
7 April 2022
PA Consulting has been awarded the contract to me the management consultants for the upcoming
Milton Keynes University Hospital to pilot smart hospital solution
7 April 2022
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to pilot a smart hospital solution which
Welsh care homes to deploy remote patient monitoring platform
6 April 2022
Two care homes in Wales are to deploy a remote patient monitoring platform with the
NHS England planning to develop a Ā£240million ‘Federated Data Platform’
6 April 2022
NHS England has announced plans to develop a Ā£240million āFederated Data Platformā(FDP) via a prior
