Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
27 November 2025
Today’s briefing includes how brain stimulation can prevent depression relapses of major depressive disorder in 75% of patients.
News
MPs call for NHS to rely on UK tech firms instead of US giants
27 November 2025
MPs called for the government to prioritise UK companies for big NHS tech contracts, rather than US giants like Microsoft and Palantir.
AI testing platform removes commercial bias for NHS use
27 November 2025
Researchers have developed a platform to determine whether commercial AI algorithms are fit for NHS use to detect diabetic eye disease.
Concerns that capital funding for NHS tech could delay AI roll-out
26 November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged to invest £300 million of additional capital investment in NHS technology in the Autumn Budget.
High risk groups under-represented in Men’s Health Strategy
26 November 2025
Younger men are under-represented in the government’s Men’s Health Strategy, according to a neuroscience tech firm.
Blackwood appointed as chair of the Health Data Research Service
26 November 2025
Baroness Nicola Blackwood, a leader in life sciences and innovation, has been appointed as chair of the Health Data Research Service (HDRS).
Free digital and data training launches for AHPs
25 November 2025
A digital education programme has been launched to provide access to digital and data knowledge for AHPs based in the UK.
Digital social care programme expected to lead to £127m worth of benefits
13 August 2021
Analysis of NHS Digital’s Social Care Programme, which was started in 2016, has revealed it
Royal Marsden to deliver digital health record with Great Ormond Street
13 August 2021
The Royal Marsden has partnered with Great Ormond Street Hospital’s to deliver a digital health
Vantage Health acquired by NEC Software Solutions
13 August 2021
A health tech company that was selected for the DigitalHealth.London accelerator programme has been acquired
Industry news in brief
13 August 2021
The latest Digital Health News industry round-up includes news of an online booking tool for
Two integrated care systems set out plans for single EPR
12 August 2021
Cornwall and Devon integrated care systems (ICSs) are in the process of developing a “strategic
