Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
12 September 2024
Today’s Coffee Time Briefing covers the ongoing decline in people applying for healthcare jobs and how AI could impact policymaking.
News
‘Patient died after GP surgery took three days to respond to email’
12 September 2024
The Department of Health and Social Care and SSP Health must take action to improve GP electronic triage systems, following a patient death.
PM pledges move to a ‘digital NHS’, following Lord Darzi report
12 September 2024
Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged a move “from an analogue to a digital NHS”, following the publication of Lord Ara Darzi’s report.
Hexarad and Newton’s Tree partner to expand radiology AI access
11 September 2024
Hexarad and Newton’s Tree have partnered with the aim of transforming how NHS radiology departments access technology, including AI tools.
Critical incident declared in Nottingham after pathology IT failure
11 September 2024
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) has declared a critical incident as a result of an IT failure in its pathology service.
NHS warned on rollout of AI-powered genomic health prediction
11 September 2024
AI-powered genomic health prediction could pose significant risks concerning privacy and discrimination, according to a new report.
Mid and South Essex ICS launches shared care record
10 September 2024
Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) has launched a shared care record in partnership with Orion Health.
University of Oxford establishes institute for data science
29 September 2021
The Data Institute will bring together academics from a range of disciplines including policy experts,
GPs in the South West turn to robots to access Dorset Care Record
29 September 2021
GPs in the region are being given click through access to the Dorset Care Record
Chelsea and Westminster to explore digital tools for HIV
29 September 2021
Working with Gilead Sciences, Cheslea and Westminster will also look at the potential impact of
Dr Tim Ferris: Digital change is ‘really difficult’ but ‘essential’
28 September 2021
The new director of transformation at NHS England and Improvement has said digital change in
Barts Health rolls out new app to support cognitively impaired
28 September 2021
Barts Health NHS Trust, working with UCLPartners and Maldaba, has rolled out a new app
