Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
21 April 2026
Today’s briefing features news about guidelines for AI in social care and funding for a virtual AI biotech lab.
News
People want reform of AI regulation in healthcare but not overhaul
21 April 2026
Concerns about safety, oversight and liability are shaping public attitudes to the regulation of AI in healthcare, according to the MHRA.
Buckinghamshire trust signs System C deal for AI-scribing in EPR
21 April 2026
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has signed a contract with System C to implement AI-scribing through its electronic patient record.
AI tool allows a million patients to book appointments via NHS App
20 April 2026
An AI triage tool has been integrated into the NHS App, allowing more than a million patients to book appointments directly with clinicians.
NHS App ‘not improving patientsā views on NHS admin’
20 April 2026
The NHS App is failing to improve how patients perceive NHS administration despite rising adoption, according to The King’s Fund.
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys signs contract to deploy Access EPR
20 April 2026
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust has signed a contract with The Access Group to implement its Rio Evo EPR.
Cheshire neighbourhood care model reduces A&E attendances
17 April 2026
A data-driven neighbourhood care programme across eight care communities in Cheshire East has reduced A&E attendances by up to 48%.
King’s College CEO says hospitals can’t run ‘safely’ without an EPR
16 March 2022
The CEO at King’s College Hospital has said that he believes that in this day
Tim Ferris says current state of digital maturity across NHS is ‘patchy’
16 March 2022
The director of transformation at NHS England and Improvement, Tim Ferris, said that the current
National CISO wants to see cyber to be seen as a patient issue
16 March 2022
Speaking at Rewired 2022, the national CISO for health and social care has said he
Digital Health Rewired 2022: Day one news roundup
15 March 2022
Digital Health Rewired returned with a bang in 2022 and there was certainly plenty to
NHS centre must lead by example after chaotic period says Simon Bolton
15 March 2022
The interim CEO of NHS Digital has stressed that organisations in the centre of the
