Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
14 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a spike in the number of asthmatic people using combination inhalers and wearable technology for caregivers.
News
West Lancashire trust optimises EPR to improve abdomen pathway
14 May 2026
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals has embedded national guidance into its EPR to optimise the Acute Abdomen Pathway.
Harrogate and District launches phase two of Nervecentre EPR
13 May 2026
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) has gone live with the second phase of its acute electronic patient record (EPR) system.
Health innovation minister Zubir Ahmed resigns
13 May 2026
Dr Zubir Ahmed has resigned as health innovation and safety minister in protest over Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership.
Repairing EPR data errors could cost NHS at least £13.5m in 2026
13 May 2026
NHS trusts in England could spend more than £13.5m in 2026 on correcting data problems that emerge EPR go-lives, MBI Health analysis suggests.
NHS CEO Salma Yasmeen to speak at Summer Schools 2026
12 May 2026
Salma Yasmeen, chief executive at Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, has been confirmed for Summer Schools 2026.
Pitchfest winner: Why the UK is falling behind on women’s health
12 May 2026
Pitchfest 2026 winner Valentina Milanova on why the UK is falling behind in women’s health and how at-home HPV testing can help.
Imperial College launches AI-powered remote monitoring for heart failure
22 June 2021
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust teams up with Luscii to provide heart failure patients with
Data Strategy: Patients to get easier access to medical data through NHS App
22 June 2021
Under the NHSX draft data strategy, patients will gain better access to their health records
NHS Digital CEO says organisation needs to ‘face GPDPR challenge’
21 June 2021
The interim CEO at NHS Digital has said the organisation needs to ‘face the challenge’
Data strategy for health and care to be published this week
21 June 2021
The draft strategy is expected to promote technology including robotic process automation, artificial intelligence, and
Nine NHS organisations to partner on Clinical Entrepreneur Programme
21 June 2021
Nine NHS organisations have been selected as partners to join the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme,
