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.
Autumn Leadership Summit Programme Published
10 September 2021
The programme for October’s Digital Health Autumn Leadership Summit in Birmingham has been published, with
Industry news in brief
10 September 2021
The latest Digital Health News industry round up includes news on an automated recruitment platform
Industry: Technology has bigger part to play in health and care reforms
9 September 2021
The reforms aim to address the record high of 5.5million people waiting for elective surgery
Moorfields develops in-house algorithm to help detect geographic atrophy
9 September 2021
A team at Moorfields Eye Hospital has developed an automated algorithm which can detect geographic
World Health Organisation reveals list of innovative Covid technologies
8 September 2021
The 24 technologies are considered to have an “immediate and future impact” on Covid-19 preparedness,
