Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing
19 February 2026
Today’s coffee briefing features the Welsh Blood Service awarding a contract for the delivery a Blood Establishment Computer System.
News
Mental health provider offers appointment alerts through NHS App
19 February 2026
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with DrDoctor to offer appointment notifications through the NHS App.
Doncaster and Bassetlaw pilots communication app for patients
18 February 2026
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals has launched a 12-month pilot of CardMedic to improve communication with patients.
Patients call for transparency around the use of AI in healthcare
18 February 2026
The Patients Association has called for more transparency around the use of AI in healthcare in response to the MHRA’s call for evidence.
Patchwork Health launches AI rostering tool for NHS clinicians
18 February 2026
Patchwork Health has launched an AI-powered āPreferenced-Based Rosteringā tool to improve the way NHS hospitals staff their wards.
UK Biobank to get access to GP patient data for research
17 February 2026
The government will grant approval for UK Biobank researchers to access coded GP patient data for research purposes.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
17 February 2026
Today’s briefing features a partnership between Pebble Wellbeing and Doctor Care Anywhere, and Pharmacy2U’s relaunch of veterinary care.
Evelina London and Kingās College London develop VR for heart surgery
7 March 2022
Evelina London and Kingās College London have joined forces to develop a new VR technology
Integrated Care Stage to explore challenges of joined up care delivery
7 March 2022
Examples of shared care record delivery and remote care will be discussed over on the
Kooth and myGP team up to improve digital mental health access
7 March 2022
Kooth has collaborated with myGP to allow the app to self-refer patients to the its
Sheffield Childrenās Hospital hosts robot study for paediatrics
4 March 2022
Sheffield Children’s Hospital is hosting a study exploring the use of social robots to calm
Allscripts to sell part of its business to Harris for Ā£526million
4 March 2022
Health IT supplier Allscripts has announced it has reached an agreement to sell its electronic
