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.
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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.
NHSE explores home testing via NHS App for new conditions
24 April 2026
NHS England is exploring plans to enable patients to order tests, complete them and receive results at home via the NHS App.
Health data from UK Biobank listed for sale on Chinese website
23 April 2026
De-identified UK Biobank medical data of 500,000 participants was breached and listed for sale on a Chinese website.
Chelsea and Westminster FDP success āflawedā, finds analysis
23 April 2026
A BMJ article has criticised data used to support claims about the impact of the NHS federated data platform (FDP) as āflawedā.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
23 April 2026
Today’s briefing features a medical device for adults with diabetes and an investment to meet a growing demand for pacemaker implantation.
Oxford-based TheHill opens applications for its accelerator programme
20 January 2022
TheHill, which is part of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has opened the application
Cambridge and GigXR partner up to transform medical professional training
19 January 2022
The University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals have partnered up with GigXR to create
Pilot study to explore how digital activities impact dementia patients
19 January 2022
Memory Lane Games has teamed up with Hospice Isle of Man to explore the impact
NICE expected to approve changes to health tech evaluation
19 January 2022
NICE is expecting to approve a raft of changes on how it evaluates health tech
Sensyne Health ‘unlikely to be able to continue’ unless funding is secured
18 January 2022
Sensyne Health, an AI health tech company, needs emergency funding if it’s to continue trading
