NHS App feature will enable patients to sign up for clinical trials
16 June 2025
Patients will be able to browse and sign up to clinical trials via the NHS App, the Department of Health and Care (DHSC) has announced.
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Overhaul of medical device regulations in UK takes effect
16 June 2025
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) has announced a major overhaul of how medical devices are regulated.
Alzheimer’s Society Accelerator selects two dementia innovations
13 June 2025
An app that monitors changes in dementia symptoms and a device that tracks dehydration are partners in the Alzheimer’s Society’s Accelerator.
Digital and community to take over from hospitals, says Streeting
13 June 2025
The NHS 10 year health plan will see digital, remote and neighbourhood care, taking over much of the role of hospitals, said Wes Streeting.
Doccla teams with Gophr for same-day delivery of medical devices
13 June 2025
A partnership between Doccla and Gophr is supporting the rapid deployment of medical devices to patients and hospital sites to ensure vulnerable patients receive vital medical equipment promptly.
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care rolls out Rio EPR
12 June 2025
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust has rolled out the Access Rio electronic patient record (EPR) system.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
12 June 2025
Today’s news roundup covers new interpreting systems in Walsall and pioneering virtual mental healthcare in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
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)
