Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
13 May 2025
Today’s coffee briefing covers a new round of DSIT fellowships and the first real-time 3D “digital twin” of a hospital room in Denmark.
News
NHS England awards £13.3m ‘tiger teams’ contract to KPMG
13 May 2025
NHS England has awarded a ‘tiger teams’ contract worth £13.3 million to KPMG to support trusts unlikely to meet the March 2026 EPR target.
TORTUS and X-on Health expand AI assistant across primary care
13 May 2025
Clinical AI assistants will be made available to GP practices across the UK through a strategic partnership between TORTUS and X-on Health.
Virtual wards for children with cancer launch in Leeds
12 May 2025
Inhealthcare has partnered with Leeds Children’s Hospital to launch virtual wards for paediatric oncology patients.
C2-Ai and Netcall announce data partnership
12 May 2025
A tech partnership could help NHS, local government, and housing organisations collaborate to understand the needs of people in their care.
NHS Wales app relaunched with new functionality to be added
12 May 2025
The NHS Wales app has been relaunched, with the Welsh government urging patients to download it to access a range of services digitally.
81% of NHS trust leaders say there is insufficient funding for digital
9 May 2025
81% of NHS trust leaders say they do not have sufficient funding to invest in digital transformation, according to a survey by NHS Providers.
Plans for Covid passports in England scrapped, Sajid Javid confirms
13 September 2021
Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show Sajid Javid said the government had decided not
Salford long Covid patients given access to app which helps track recovery
13 September 2021
The Northern Care Alliance and Salford City Council have teamed up to offer long Covid
Great North Care Record expands to include children’s community services
13 September 2021
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust has added children’s community services to data-sharing Great
Imprivata’s digital identity solutions now available on Microsoft Azure
13 September 2021
Imprivata has announced two of its digital identity solutions are now available on Microsoft Azure
Patients wait longer for care under integrated care systems, analysis finds
10 September 2021
The Centre for Policy Studies found that delayed transfers of care increased by an average
