Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
4 February 2025
Today’s news roundup covers £10m in funding for Liverpool’s new healthtech hub and a pilot of EnrichMyCare at Leeds Teaching Hospitals.
News
Guidance launched to ensure safety of digital mental health tech
4 February 2025
The MHRA has issued guidance to help manufacturers ensure that digital mental health technologies are effective, reliable and safe.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals sets new date for Oracle EPR go-live
4 February 2025
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has set a new date for the go-live of its Oracle Health electronic patient record (EPR).
New York Blood Center Enterprises hit by ransomware attack
3 February 2025
A cyber attack has forced New York Blood Center Enterprises to postpone appointments despite blood shortages.
NHS Supply Chain selects Leidos as cyber security provider
3 February 2025
US-based IT and defence company Leidos has been appointed cyber security provider for NHS Supply Chain under a three-year contract.
Wirral cyber attack set back cancer waiting times by months
3 February 2025
Waiting times for cancer pathways at Wirral University Teaching Hospital have been “significantly impacted” by last year’s cyber incident.
Digital mental health service to support lymphoedema patients
31 January 2025
NHS Wales’ digital wellbeing service is helping patients manage the mental health impacts of lymphoedema and lipalgia syndrome.
Industry: Unifying tech bodies makes sense but momentum must continue
23 November 2021
Industry leaders told Digital Health their reactions to the news that NHS Digital and NHSX
Network chairs deliver verdict on upcoming NHS tech body mergers
23 November 2021
The chairs of the Networks have said streamlining digital bodies across the NHS is a
NCSC review reveals 20% of supported incidents were linked to health
23 November 2021
The National Cyber Security Centre’s annual review found it supported 777 cyber incidents in the
NHS Digital and NHSX to merge with NHS England
22 November 2021
Both NHS Digital and NHSX are to be incorporated into NHS England and Improvement, following
North Tees and Hartlepool deploys TrakCare for high-risk antibiotics
22 November 2021
North Tees and Hartlepool has deployed InterSystems’ electronic prescribing and medicines administration technology, TrakCare for
