King’s pilots digital prehab for hip and knee replacement patients
17 June 2026
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched a digital prehab trial for patients awaiting hip and knee replacement surgery.
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FT analysis suggests FDP benefits are very uneven
16 June 2026
A report in the FT suggests waiting list reductions attributed to the FDP are heavily driven by figures from a small number of NHS hospitals.
The Single Patient Record: revolutionising care or rewriting trust?
16 June 2026
Jordan Sollof is joined at NHS ConfedExpo 2026 by Dr Peter Thomas and Kate Warriner for a deep dive into the proposed single patient record.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
16 June 2026
Today’s briefing features enhanced cancer-killing agents technology and an AI model for NHS Care Navigation.
MHRA launches AI sandbox to improve medicines safety
16 June 2026
The MHRA is launching a new AI regulatory sandbox to improve medicines safety and accelerate the development of new treatments.
New genetic ancestry data to tackle health inequalities
15 June 2026
Our Future Health has released genetic ancestry data from 755,000 participants, enabling researchers to tackle health inequalities.
NHS leaders call time on AI pilots and demand national scaling
15 June 2026
Senior NHS digital leaders have called for an end to repeated AI pilots, arguing that the focus must now shift to implementation and scaling.
Former NHS IT manager jailed for 5 years for £800k fraud
1 July 2021
Barry Stannard, of Chelmsford in Essex, defrauded Mid Essex Hospital Trust of £806,229 which came
Lincolnshire trust chooses patient portal from Healthcare Communications
1 July 2021
Using Healthcare Communications patient engagement portal the trust can now deliver digital appointment letters to
New £12m online platform launched to manage obesity-related illness
1 July 2021
The NHS Digital Weight Management Programme will provide free online for people with obesity-related illnesses
Peter Thomas appointed CCIO at Moorfields Eye Hospital
30 June 2021
Peter Thomas is due to step into the chief clinical information officer (CCIO) role at
Covid-19 passports to go live in Northern Ireland ‘from next week’
30 June 2021
Northern Ireland’s Department of Health announced its Covid-19 passport could be live by Monday, July
