Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
14 August 2025
This Coffee Time Briefing includes a partnership between Devon Council and System C, and Oracle’s next-gen electronic health record.
News
Scottish accelerator invests £1m in female-led HealthTech startups
14 August 2025
Three female cofounded HealthTech firms have secured over £1m investment from STAC, Scotland’s industry-led accelerator for tech start-ups.
AI assistance may lead to loss of skills in health professionals
14 August 2025
Routine use of AI reduced health professionals’ abilities to detect precancerous growths without the technology, according to researchers.
App launches to prevent distressed behaviours in dementia patients
13 August 2025
A digital tool to help identify and prevent distressed behaviours in dementia patients will be showcased by the Alzheimer’s Society.
Ergéa and Newton’s Tree partner to provide integrated AI solution
13 August 2025
Ergéa and Newton’s Tree have partnered with the aim of improving healthcare organisations through integrated, AI-enabled digital solutions.
Hackers breach cancer screening data of almost 500,000 women
13 August 2025
Personal health data from more than 485,000 women has been stolen from a cervical cancer screening programme in the Netherlands.
Women in England to self-refer online for midwife appointments
12 August 2025
NHS England has announced that newly pregnant women can now self-refer online to get their first midwife appointments.
Simon Eccles to step down as CCIO at NHS England and Improvement
12 April 2022
The national chief clinical information officer at NHS England and Improvement is to step down
Lord Drayson steps down as CEO of Sensyne Health
12 April 2022
The founder and CEO of Sensyne Health has stepped down from his role after the
East Midlands GP practices roll digital assessment platform
12 April 2022
A group of GP practices in the East Midlands have rolled out a digital assessment
Cheshire and Merseyside ICS win at NHS Digital’s cybersecurity awards
11 April 2022
NHS Digital’s first ever Cyber Associate Network (CAN) Awards has acknowledged the work of Cheshire
AI tool which can detect heart disease being used at Royal Free Hospital
11 April 2022
A tool which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect heart disease in seconds is being
