CQC warns ‘digital by default’ could deepen NHS inequalities
27 October 2025
The CQC has warned that the NHS’s shift to digital risks excluding vulnerable patients and widening existing health inequalities.
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NHS trusts to be measured on electronic services adoption
27 October 2025
NHS trusts will be measured on their adoption of electronic services and NHS App integration, according to new guidance from NHS England.
Female-founded UK HealthTech startup reaches unicorn status
24 October 2025
Female-founded health tech company SheMed has reached unicorn status after a $50 million (£37.3m) raise taking its valuation to $1bn (£750m).
MHRA study to use AI to predict side effects from drug interactions
24 October 2025
A study by the MHRA will use AI and NHS data to predict side effects from drug combinations before they reach patients.
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital selects InterSystems as EPR supplier
24 October 2025
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has selected InterSystems as its electronic patient record (EPR) supplier.
Digital Health Networks chairs to keynote at Rewired 2026
23 October 2025
The chairs of the Digital Health Networks, Hayley Grafton, Amy Freeman and Penny Kechagioglou, will keynote at Digital Health Rewired 2026.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
23 October 2025
Today’s Coffee Time includes Medical Research Council funding to advance eczema treatment and the opening of Oxford North.
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)
