Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
27 November 2025
Today’s briefing includes how brain stimulation can prevent depression relapses of major depressive disorder in 75% of patients.
News
MPs call for NHS to rely on UK tech firms instead of US giants
27 November 2025
MPs called for the government to prioritise UK companies for big NHS tech contracts, rather than US giants like Microsoft and Palantir.
AI testing platform removes commercial bias for NHS use
27 November 2025
Researchers have developed a platform to determine whether commercial AI algorithms are fit for NHS use to detect diabetic eye disease.
Concerns that capital funding for NHS tech could delay AI roll-out
26 November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged to invest £300 million of additional capital investment in NHS technology in the Autumn Budget.
High risk groups under-represented in Men’s Health Strategy
26 November 2025
Younger men are under-represented in the government’s Men’s Health Strategy, according to a neuroscience tech firm.
Blackwood appointed as chair of the Health Data Research Service
26 November 2025
Baroness Nicola Blackwood, a leader in life sciences and innovation, has been appointed as chair of the Health Data Research Service (HDRS).
Free digital and data training launches for AHPs
25 November 2025
A digital education programme has been launched to provide access to digital and data knowledge for AHPs based in the UK.
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
