Synnovis cyber attack caused two cases of severe patient harm
23 January 2025
Two patients have suffered long-term or permanent damage to their health as a result of the cyber attack on NHS pathology provider Synnovis.
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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
23 January 2025
Today’s news roundup covers Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s EPMA rollout and BT urging a faster move to adopting digital connectivity.
Vin Diwakar to keynote on Digital Transformation Stage at Rewired
23 January 2025
Dr Vin Diwakar, national director of transformation at NHS England, will open day two of Digital Health Rewired 2025 with a keynote address.
UHNM Heart and Lung Centre to help develop national AI training
23 January 2025
The Heart and Lung Centre at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) will help develop a national AI training programme.
Brain implant will be trialled by NHS to help treat neural conditions
22 January 2025
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust will trial a whole-brain computer interface to modulate brain-wide activity.
MHRA issues guidance on medical device surveillance regulation
22 January 2025
MHRA has issued fresh guidance to help medical device manufacturers prepare for upcoming regulatory changes.
High street opticians could spot dementia risk using AI tool
22 January 2025
Researchers are working with high street opticians to develop a digital tool that can predict a person’s risk of dementia from an eye test.
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
5 November 2021
Our October roundup of contracts and go lives features Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICS agreeing a
NHS Covid Pass accepted as EU Digital Covid Certificate equivalent
4 November 2021
An agreement between the EU and the UK means the the NHS Covid Pass is
Royal Free to study AI tool for breast cancer screening
4 November 2021
Royal Free is to carry out a retrospective study to determine if AI could potentially
TeleTracking joins Digital Healthcare Council to boost patient tracking
3 November 2021
Through joining the Digital Healthcare Council TeleTracking hopes to help deliver a “digitally-led, patient-centric NHS”.
New standard to improve medicines information sharing set to launch
3 November 2021
It is hoped a standardised approach to sharing medicines information will reduce medicines related errors
