Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
28 April 2026
Today’s briefing features an AI method to identify bowel cancer drug patients and an online pharmacy sponsoring ITV panel show Loose Women.
News
Medical device supplier Medtronic hit with cyber attack
28 April 2026
Medical device supplier Medtronic has been hit with a cyber attack that led to unauthorised access to some of its IT systems.
Portsmouth Hospitals awarded £100k for renal care app study
27 April 2026
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust has been awarded almost £100k to explore how an app could improve kidney care for patients.
Dartford and Gravesham goes live with digital maternity system
27 April 2026
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has gone live with the K2 Maternity Information System, delivered by Harris Health Alliance.
GP practice outages caused by IT firewall issue
27 April 2026
A network outage which disrupted access to clinical systems at several GP surgeries was caused by an issue with the practices’ IT firewalls.
Cost of Northern Ireland’s digital care record rises to £400m
24 April 2026
The cost of implementing a digital records system for Northern Ireland’s health trusts has soared to £400 million.
Sheffield introduces surgical robot to advance cancer care
24 April 2026
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has unveiled a new robotic-assisted surgery system to advance cancer care.
Clinical research to be digitised under £64m plan to boost delivery
23 June 2021
Digitising the clinical research process will make it “faster and cheaper” to offer places in
Data strategy: Put NHS patients ‘ahead of demands for profit’
22 June 2021
Patient groups and privacy campaigners have raised concerns over who will have access to the
Hancock: How the data strategy will improve care and fuel innovation
22 June 2021
In an exclusive blog for Digital Health, Matt Hancock, outlines how the data strategy will
Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes CCG awards analytics contract
22 June 2021
Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes CCG has awarded a business intelligence and analytics contract to
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
