Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
17 March 2026
Today’s briefing features a UK charity that uses AI to identify medicines that could be repurposed to treat rare genetic conditions.
News
De-identified UK Biobank health data accidentally published online
17 March 2026
UK Biobank has confirmed that volunteers’ de-identified health data has sometimes been unintentionally published online by researchers.
Why NHS innovation stalls
17 March 2026
Mindy Simon of the NHS Innovation Accelerator, and Elina Naydenova of Feebris, discuss the barriers to scaling innovation in the NHS.
Study finds virtual treatment can benefit eating disorder patients
16 March 2026
Research from Oxford Health has found that virtual treatment can help prevent admissions and support recovery for eating disorder patients.
Feedback Medical and Patients Know Best announce partnership
16 March 2026
A partnership will bring together Feedback Medical’s elective care platform with Patients Know Best’s personal health record solution.
Child rapist could have profiled victims through NHS data access
16 March 2026
A former NHS analyst and convicted child rapist could have used unaudited database queries to profile his victims.
Somerset and Dorset sign £222m contract with Epic for unified EPR
13 March 2026
Four NHS trusts in Dorset and Somerset have signed a £222 million contract with Epic to implement a unified EPR system across the region.
Patchwork Health raises £3.5m for expansion plans
11 August 2021
Patchwork Health has raised £3.5m to enable further expansion of its workforce system and to
Dedalus migrates NHS EPR customers to the cloud
10 August 2021
Dedalus has moved six of its NHS EPR customers to the cloud – with a
Digital Health Unplugged: A new CEO for NHS England
10 August 2021
In this episode we take a look at Amanda Pritchard’s appointment as NHS England’s new
Wigan turns to NDL for Covid-19 testing eForms solution
10 August 2021
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council has teamed up with NDL to provide an electronic form for
East Kent University NHS FT pilots Bluetooth tech to track patients
9 August 2021
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has become the first trust in England to
