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.
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
Royal Berkshire extends avatar-led interactive programme following pilot
9 August 2021
Royal Berkshire has expanded the roll out of an avatar-led interactive programme for people with
Chelsea and Westminster reduces admin burden with DrDoctor
9 August 2021
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation trust is transforming patient communications and pre-assesments, with patient
EMIS tech supports remote monitoring of cardiac patients
6 August 2021
Cardiac patients in East Sussex are benefitting from EMIS’s tailored clinical systems enabling specialist remote
