Movers and Shakers news roundup
6 June 2025
Our latest Movers and Shakers roundup features Joe Harrison joining NHS Supply Chain and Tom Kibasi joining NHS England.
News
Mental health trust awards DrDoctor £572k patient portal contract
5 June 2025
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) has awarded a patient engagement portal contract worth £572,000 to DrDoctor.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
5 June 2025
Today’s Coffee Time Briefing covers DocHQ’s partnership with First Point Physio and a new milestone for MyFrimleyHealth Record.
MHRA launches digital hub in Leeds to drive innovation
5 June 2025
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has launched a digital hub in Leeds to advance innovation and growth.
NHSE cancels £69m eBCMS programme to fund more EPRs
5 June 2025
NHS England has cancelled a £69m electronic bed capacity management systems (eBCMS) programme to fund more electronic patient records (EPRs).
Summer Schools 2025 draft programme published
4 June 2025
The highly anticipated programme for Digital Health Summer Schools 2025 has been published in draft, featuring leading CIOs, CCIOs and CNIOs.
AI project to predict health outcomes paused over GP data concern
4 June 2025
NHSE has paused development of an AI model capable of predicting future health outcomes after concerns about the use of GP patient data.
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)
Theranos founder found guilty of four counts of fraud
5 January 2022
The founder of Theranos, a US company that claimed it provided revolutionary blood tests, has
