Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
31 March 2026
Today’s briefing features AI designed to diagnose childhood sleep apnoea and a multilingual virtual assistant at a Welsh medical centre.
News
Experts caution against ‘snake oil’ claims in AI research
31 March 2026
Many big tech firms are over-promising and under-delivering on AI, warnedĀ health data experts at Digital Health Rewired.
National NHS chief digital, data and tech officer appointed
30 March 2026
Rob Thompson has been appointed chief digital, data and technology officer across the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England.
Cheshire trusts optimising shared EPR following go-live
30 March 2026
East Cheshire NHS Trust and Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are continuing to optimise their shared EPR months after launch.
Manchester trust to expand use of Microsoft’s AI tools
30 March 2026
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is expanding the use of AI tools across its workforce in collaboration with Microsoft.
Only 30% of trusts with EPRs have integrated data flows, finds DMA
27 March 2026
The 2025 Digital Maturity Assessment shows 93% of NHS providers use EPRs but only 30% have fully integrated bi-directional data flows.
Avoid unnecessary piloting of āexcellentā tech, says national CNIO
27 March 2026
The NHS must āaccelerateā and scale proven innovations to meet rising demand, Helen Balsdon told Digital Health Rewired.
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
DigitalHealth.London welcomes latest cohort of Accelerator programme
18 January 2022
DigitalHealth.London has revealed the newest cohort to its Accelerator programme, whose innovations will tackles the
