Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
19 March 2026
Today’s briefing features Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust extending its EPR contract with Meditech, and news on Amazon Health AI.
News
Sussex Partnership goes live with TPP SystmOne EPR
19 March 2026
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with an electronic patient record (EPR) supplied by TPP.
East Lancashire to host NHS programme to help expand AVT
19 March 2026
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is hosting a programme to deploy CLEARnotes, an ambient voice technology (AVT), across the NHS.
AVT to be rolled out to GPs under Neighbourhood Health Service
18 March 2026
The government has published the neighbourhood health framework, which includes the pledge to roll out AI and ambient voice technology (AVT).
FDP digital scheduling tool improves theatre utilisation, finds study
18 March 2026
A digital scheduling tool on the federated data platform led to measurable improvements in theatre utilisation, according to an evaluation.
DHSC and NHSE internal plan pledges £7.4bn digital investment
18 March 2026
DHSC and NHSE has pledged to invest £7.4bn in technology, digital and data between now and 2030, according to internal planning guidance.
NHS supplier hit by cyber attack by pro-Iran activist hackers
17 March 2026
The supply of defibrillator products and other medical equipment to the NHS has been affected by a cyber attack by a pro-Iran group.
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 £240million ‘Federated Data Platform’
6 April 2022
NHS England has announced plans to develop a £240million ‘Federated Data Platform’(FDP) via a prior
Cohort for 2022 NHS Innovation Accelerator announced
6 April 2022
The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) has announced the 10 innovators who will receive support to
Herefordshire and Worcestershire implement Alcidion’s Miya Flow
5 April 2022
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust is implementing Alcidion’s Miya Flow technology –
Cardiff University develops AI tool to detect Type 1 diabetes in childhood
5 April 2022
Cardiff University has developed and researched an AI tool that can predict which children may
