Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
31 March 2026
Today’s briefing features AI designed to diagnose childhood sleep apnoea and a multilingual virtual assistant at a Welsh medical centre.
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Experts caution against ‘snake oil’ claims in AI research
31 March 2026
Many big tech firms are over-promising and under-delivering on AI, warned health data experts at Digital Health Rewired.
National NHS chief digital, data and tech officer appointed
30 March 2026
Rob Thompson has been appointed chief digital, data and technology officer across the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England.
Cheshire trusts optimising shared EPR following go-live
30 March 2026
East Cheshire NHS Trust and Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are continuing to optimise their shared EPR months after launch.
Manchester trust to expand use of Microsoft’s AI tools
30 March 2026
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is expanding the use of AI tools across its workforce in collaboration with Microsoft.
Only 30% of trusts with EPRs have integrated data flows, finds DMA
27 March 2026
The 2025 Digital Maturity Assessment shows 93% of NHS providers use EPRs but only 30% have fully integrated bi-directional data flows.
Avoid unnecessary piloting of ‘excellent’ tech, says national CNIO
27 March 2026
The NHS must “accelerate” and scale proven innovations to meet rising demand, Helen Balsdon told Digital Health Rewired.
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
NHS England’s chief nurse wants a CNIO in every organisation
15 March 2022
Ruth May has has told the audience at Digital Health Rewired that she’d like to
