Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
1 May 2025
Our coffee time briefing covers a two-year contract extension for Hitachi and a pilot of Decently’s Melo app in Leeds.
News
NHS Trust raises concerns over digital workforce shortage
1 May 2025
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals has raised concerns that its digital team is “poorly resourced” with over 18 vacancies.
NICE recommends AI skin cancer detection system for NHS use
1 May 2025
Skin Analytics’ AI system that detects potential skin cancer has been conditionally recommended by NICE for use in the NHS.
NHS CDIO David Walliker to speak at Summer Schools 2025
30 April 2025
Experienced NHS chief digital officer Professor David Walliker is the latest speaker to be announced for Digital Health Summer Schools.
Imperial College Healthcare to pilot digital ‘self-serve’ booking system
30 April 2025
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is piloting a digital ‘self-serve’ booking system for outpatient appointments.
Accurx and Tandem Health roll out AI scribing tool across the NHS
29 April 2025
Accurx and Tandem Health have launched a tool that transcribes, summarises and codes patient consultations into a trust’s clinical record.
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)
