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.
Amazon Web Services announces first UK cohort participants
21 March 2022
The Amazon Web Services Healthcare Accelerator has announced the first 12 healthcare solution start-ups who
NHS Digital data to help researchers understand Covid impact on cancer
21 March 2022
New cancer data from NHS Digital is expected to help researchers understand the impact of
NHS Dumfries and Galloway rolls out Medical Interoperability Gateway
18 March 2022
NHS Dumfries and Galloway has become the first organisation in Scotland to roll out the
Industry news in brief
18 March 2022
Digital Health News industry round-up includes details of Ada Health’s integration with Epic and the
London patients to trial AI chatbot for mental health support
17 March 2022
Patients in London waiting for NHS mental health therapy will trial an AI therapy chatbot
