Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
1 May 2025
Our coffee time briefing covers a two-year contract extension for Hitachi and a pilot of Decently’s Melo app in Leeds.
News
NHS Trust raises concerns over digital workforce shortage
1 May 2025
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals has raised concerns that its digital team is “poorly resourced” with over 18 vacancies.
NICE recommends AI skin cancer detection system for NHS use
1 May 2025
Skin Analytics’ AI system that detects potential skin cancer has been conditionally recommended by NICE for use in the NHS.
NHS CDIO David Walliker to speak at Summer Schools 2025
30 April 2025
Experienced NHS chief digital officer Professor David Walliker is the latest speaker to be announced for Digital Health Summer Schools.
Imperial College Healthcare to pilot digital ‘self-serve’ booking system
30 April 2025
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is piloting a digital ‘self-serve’ booking system for outpatient appointments.
Accurx and Tandem Health roll out AI scribing tool across the NHS
29 April 2025
Accurx and Tandem Health have launched a tool that transcribes, summarises and codes patient consultations into a trust’s clinical record.
All health and social care bodies to appoint Caldicott Guardians by 2023
6 September 2021
The new National Data Guardian rules impact all health and social care public bodies that
GCHQ powers to access NHS IT systems is extended
3 September 2021
The powers allow GCHQ to request information held by or on behalf of the NHS
Leadership Summit to explore building partnerships between digital leaders
3 September 2021
The newly elected leaders of the Networks are to set out how they will strengthen
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
3 September 2021
Our roundup features Hospital at Night being introduced at University Hospitals Plymouth and the Royal
What Good Looks Like should ‘build on’ government’s data strategy
2 September 2021
Healthcare IT suppliers have welcomed NHSX’s ‘What Good Looks Like’ guidance but said it could
