Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
28 April 2026
Today’s briefing features an AI method to identify bowel cancer drug patients and an online pharmacy sponsoring ITV panel show Loose Women.
News
Medical device supplier Medtronic hit with cyber attack
28 April 2026
Medical device supplier Medtronic has been hit with a cyber attack that led to unauthorised access to some of its IT systems.
Portsmouth Hospitals awarded Ā£100k for renal care app study
27 April 2026
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust has been awarded almost Ā£100k to explore how an app could improve kidney care for patients.
Dartford and Gravesham goes live with digital maternity system
27 April 2026
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has gone live with the K2 Maternity Information System, delivered by Harris Health Alliance.
GP practice outages caused by IT firewall issue
27 April 2026
A network outage which disrupted access to clinical systems at several GP surgeries was caused by an issue with the practices’ IT firewalls.
Cost of Northern Ireland’s digital care record rises to Ā£400m
24 April 2026
The cost of implementing a digital records system for Northern Irelandās health trusts has soared to Ā£400 million.
Sheffield introduces surgical robot to advance cancer care
24 April 2026
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has unveiled a new robotic-assisted surgery system to advance cancer care.
RwHealth raises Ā£6.1m in Series A funding to fight NHS backlog
9 November 2021
RwHealth has raised around Ā£6.1million ($8.4million) in funding and is aiming to use the money
PUBLIC and Amazon Web Services launch UK healthcare accelerator
9 November 2021
PUBLIC has teamed up with Amazon Web Services to launch its first UK healthcare accelerator
Barts Health signs deal with Sectra for digital pathology network
8 November 2021
Barts Health has signed a deal with Sectra for a digital pathology network that will
Lyniate and RPA Health partner up for robotic automation processes
8 November 2021
Healthcare interoperability solution provider Lyniate has teamed up with RPA Health to provide integrated Robotic
CLEO Systems integrates GoodSAM platform for video consultations
8 November 2021
CLEO Systems has introduced the GoodSAM platform to its patient management system to support delivery
