Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
28 April 2026
Today’s briefing features an AI method to identify bowel cancer drug patients and an online pharmacy sponsoring ITV panel show Loose Women.
News
Medical device supplier Medtronic hit with cyber attack
28 April 2026
Medical device supplier Medtronic has been hit with a cyber attack that led to unauthorised access to some of its IT systems.
Portsmouth Hospitals awarded Ā£100k for renal care app study
27 April 2026
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust has been awarded almost Ā£100k to explore how an app could improve kidney care for patients.
Dartford and Gravesham goes live with digital maternity system
27 April 2026
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has gone live with the K2 Maternity Information System, delivered by Harris Health Alliance.
GP practice outages caused by IT firewall issue
27 April 2026
A network outage which disrupted access to clinical systems at several GP surgeries was caused by an issue with the practices’ IT firewalls.
Cost of Northern Ireland’s digital care record rises to Ā£400m
24 April 2026
The cost of implementing a digital records system for Northern Irelandās health trusts has soared to Ā£400 million.
Sheffield introduces surgical robot to advance cancer care
24 April 2026
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has unveiled a new robotic-assisted surgery system to advance cancer care.
Patients Know Best platform helping to connect international students
9 February 2022
The Patients Know Best platform will be deployed at Newcastle University and NUMed Malaysia in
NHS in England to trial new approach to AI biases in healthcare
8 February 2022
The NHS in England is to trial a new approach to the ethical adoption of
Number of Manchester organisations join wearable health tech trial
8 February 2022
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and others are collaborating on a trial of wearable health
Wales and CareFlow launch new digital hospital pharmacy system
8 February 2022
Wales has gained a new digital hospital pharmacy system which will mean more consistent care
Online NHS platform to tackle elective surgery backlog set to be launched
7 February 2022
NHS patients will soon have access to the My Planned Care platform, to provide them
