Doctors raise safety concerns about AI discharge summary tool
4 March 2026
Doctors groups have raised safety concerns over plans to roll out an AI-Assisted Discharge Summary tool nationally through the FDP.
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NIHR awards £47.8m for NHS equipment to boost clinical trials
4 March 2026
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded £47.8m for equipment that will help streamline clinical trial delivery.
Support for NHS tech and AI is not evenly distributed, finds study
4 March 2026
Women, younger adults and those on low or no income are less positive about HealthTech and AI, a survey from the Health Foundation found.
NHS SBS launches £250m communication framework
3 March 2026
NHS Shared Business Services has launched a framework agreement to help the NHS improve how it communicates with its patients through tech.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
3 March 2026
Today’s briefing includes funding for Pontiro’s AI evaluation platform and a partnership between RLDatix and Blackrock Health.
York and Scarborough pilots digital physiotherapy app
3 March 2026
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched a pilot of Ascenti Reach, a digital physiotherapy app.
Reframe Cancer acquires digital prehabilitation firm Alvie Health
2 March 2026
Reframe Cancer, a provider of specialist cancer navigation, has acquired digital cancer prehabilitation business Alvie Health.
Health committee urges government to ‘further progress’ NHS digitalisation
7 January 2022
The Health and Social Care Committee has urged the government “to make further progress on
Industry news in brief
7 January 2022
The latest Digital Health News industry round-up includes a new app for arthritis patients, a
Hospify platform to shut down following suspension of Data Protection Act
6 January 2022
The Hospify platform will close on 31 January after its “exponential growth curve collapsed” as
NHS App celebrates turning three with 22million users
6 January 2022
The NHS App was launched in December 2018 and now boasts 22million registered users –
NHS Digital’s Prof Jonathan Benger awarded CBE for ‘services to the NHS’
5 January 2022
NHS Digital’s Professor Jonathan Benger has been awarded a Commander of the British Empire (CBE)
