Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
2 June 2026
Today’s briefing features a video-on-demand interpreting service and an AI tool that can estimate a child’s risk of developing ADHD.
News
Birmingham NHS trust to digitise over 235m patient records
2 June 2026
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Miziac will digitise more than 235m patient record images by December 2026.
Single patient record could cut 20,000 A&E visits a year, gov claims
1 June 2026
The government has claimed that the single patient record could prevent up to 20,000 A&E visits and save the NHS more than £20m annually.
NHS trusts lack support to manage ePMA safety risks, HSSIB says
1 June 2026
A HSSIB report has warned that NHS trusts are being left to manage digital safety risks linked to ePMA systems.
Derbyshire Healthcare to roll out Psyomics mental health platform
29 May 2026
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will roll out Psyomics’digital platform to improve access to community mental health care.
NHS SBS and Salesforce launch AI finance support platform
29 May 2026
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has partnered with Salesforce to launch an AI platform to support NHS finance and procurement.
Summer Schools 2026 working programme published
28 May 2026
Digital Health has published a working Summer Schools 2026 programme featuring CCIO, CIO and CNIO speakers and national leaders.
Lancashire and South Cumbria Health and Care chooses Better openEHR
5 August 2021
Using Better’s openEHR and the Better Meds software solution the agreement aims to integrate services
UKCloud Health launches initiative to support NHS data strategy
4 August 2021
UKCloud Health have launched a new initiative – Health Cloud – which aims to supports
New head of Telstra Health UK won’t ‘just push paper around’
4 August 2021
David Sharp, head of Telstra Health UK, said he does not “just want to push
Which? study reveals half of British adults are unaware of GPDPR
4 August 2021
Nearly half of British adults are unaware of the General Practice Data for Planning and
North West Anglia awarded for having fully digital lab
3 August 2021
A laboratory team at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust has been given an award
