Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
12 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a men’s health event at Ipswich Town Football Club and a merger to create a unified care management platform.
News
GPs and hospitals to share patient data for single patient record
12 May 2026
NHS hospitals and GP practices will be required to share patient data under new government legislation to create a single patient record.
Palantir to be granted ‘unlimited access’ to NHS patient data
11 May 2026
The NHS is granting staff from companies including Palantir ‘unlimited access’ to identifiable patient data while working on its FDP.
GP IT supplier Optum acquired by US equity firm TPG
11 May 2026
Optum UK, the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary that owns EMIS, has been acquired by US private equity firm TPG.
King’s College rolls out AI to enhance cardiac care
11 May 2026
AI software that helps cardiologists make quicker and more accurate decisions has been rolled out at King’s College Hospital.
App helps more than 260 cardiac arrest witnesses in Essex
8 May 2026
An Essex support service, which includes an app, has helped more than 260 bystanders who saw over 200 out of hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA).
Midlands hospital uses endoscopy tech to examine small bowel
8 May 2026
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) has begun using capsule endoscopy technology to examine the small bowel.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ text message service helps patients share anxieties
19 July 2021
A study from Guy’s and St Thomas’ revealed that cancer patients were more likely to
More than 3 million records uploaded for Welsh Covid passport
19 July 2021
On the day the Covid passport service was launched (June 25) Digital Health and Care
RLDatix acquire Allocate Software to widen healthcare presence
19 July 2021
RLDatix has acquired healthcare workforce deployment software company Allocate Software in a bid to increase
Summer School 2021: Tech supports practitioners but won’t replace them
16 July 2021
The chair of the PRSB has said there is “always a place for the personal
Virtual Summer School 2021: Digital NHS chiefs say they are here to help
16 July 2021
We’re here to help and not get it your way – that was the message
