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.
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,
