Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing
27 January 2026
Today’s briefing features North Lincolnshire Council rolling out System C platforms, including its Liquidlogic education case management.
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Why the NHS needs a single patient record to prepare for the AI era
27 January 2026
In this episode of Digital Health Unplugged, Charlotte Refsum of TBI explains the importance of a single patient record in the age of AI.
Concerns mount over NHS software supplier’s links with ICE
27 January 2026
Concerns are mounting over links between NHS federated data platform (FDP) supplier Palantir and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Sonia Patel to step down as NHS England CTO
26 January 2026
Sonia Patel, chief technology officer for NHS England, is leaving to take up the role of interim government CTO for a fixed 12-month term.
Government bid to end ‘postcode lottery’ for cancer-detecting tech
26 January 2026
The government is investing in technology and AI to spot cancers earlier in a bid to end the postcode lottery of care for cancer patients.
Royal Bolton trials AI to improve accuracy of Down’s syndrome test
26 January 2026
Researchers used AI to improve the accuracy of a test that identifies if a baby has a high chance of being born with Down’s syndrome.
NICE recommends online programme for eating disorders
26 January 2026
NICE has recommended an online therapy programme to help people with eating disorders while they wait for specialist NHS treatment.
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
