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.
CGI and GE Healthcare partnership supports rapid digitisation
13 October 2021
CGI and GE Healthcare will take a ‘whole system’ approach and connect communities with health
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust rolls out digital assessment forms
12 October 2021
Somerset NHS FTt has gone live with a number of assessment forms which allow patient
National Data Guardian calls for ‘commitment to transparency’
12 October 2021
Dr Nicola Byrne said people need to trust they can share their data with confidence
CliniSys to modernise Northern Ireland’s pathology services
12 October 2021
CiniSys will be deploying its WinPath Enterprise laboratory information management system to five trusts in
Birmingham NHS Trust bolsters cyber security to protect patient data
11 October 2021
Birmingham’s Community Healthcare NHS Trust has invested in a full suite of cyber security services
