Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
28 January 2025
Today’s news roundup covers Dictate.IT’s new AI clinical assistant and an ORCHA-approved gardening app to support mental wellbeing.
News
Digital health startup Behold.ai enters administration
28 January 2025
UK-based digital health start-up Behold.ai has entered administration after failing to win any contracts under the AI Diagnostic Fund.
Scotland’s ‘Digital Front Door’ to launch this year, says first minister
27 January 2025
John Swinney, first minister for Scotland, has pledged that the country’s ‘Digital Front Door’ platform will launch by the end of 2025.
Digital staff vacancies at Wirral ‘impacted significantly’ on capacity
27 January 2025
Digital healthcare staff vacancies were at 12.5% and “impacted significantly on operational capacity” at Wirral Uni Teaching Hospital NHS FT.
Pitchfest finalist Surgery Hero acquired by Sword Health
27 January 2025
Digital Health Pitchfest competition finalist Surgery Hero has been bought by global AI care company Sword Health.
SurgeOn social networking app for doctors launches in the UK
24 January 2025
SurgeOn, a social networking platform aimed at improving patient care across the globe, is now available in the NHS.
Service launched to manage NHS weight loss medication demand
24 January 2025
A self-referral service has been launched to help healthcare organisations manage demand for new weight loss medications.
Mid and South Essex partner up with eConsult to help reduce waiting lists
10 March 2022
eConsult has partnered with Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust to deliver a patient
Nuffield Health and Careology team up for digital cancer support
9 March 2022
Nuffield Health and Careology have joined forces to provide digital support to patients who are
Herefordshire and Worcestershire select Better for electronic prescribing
9 March 2022
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust has selected Better to deliver an electronic
Health Education England’s NHS AI roadmap aims to prepare workforce
9 March 2022
Health Education England has published the first roadmap into the use of AI in the
ORCHA and NHS Digital among winners at Women in IT awards
8 March 2022
Liz Ashall-Payne of ORCHA and Susie Day of NHS Digital were among the women recognised
