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.
āFind and Treatā mobile van helping to tackle infectious diseases in London
28 March 2022
A mobile health clinic, āFind and Treatā is being used to tackle infectious diseases in
Inhealthcare wins NHS contract to scale up remote monitoring in Scotland
28 March 2022
Inhealthcare has successfully bid for an NHS contract to support the scaling up and mainstreaming
NHS Scotland renews Induction Attend Anywhere contract
25 March 2022
NHS Scotland has extended its contract with Induction for a further year for its Attend
Movers and Shakers news roundup
25 March 2022
March’s roundup of Movers and Shakers features an appointment at Humber, Coast and Vale Health
accuRx launches tool which provides instant access to GP record summary
24 March 2022
A solution that allows healthcare professionals to view a summary of GP medical records is
