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.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University switch to electronic referral
16 June 2021
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University NHS Trust has gone live with a care co-ordination and
NHS Digital launches its Terminology Server to help boost data sharing
15 June 2021
A solution which has been designed to allow healthcare IT systems to speak the same
Digital Health Unplugged: Unlocking the patient consent puzzle
15 June 2021
The latest Digital Health Unplugged is now live – this time debating the topic of
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board pens deal with Civica
15 June 2021
The five-year contract will see the use of Civica’s Cito software used to deliver a
Tunstall Healthcare develops platform to support move to digital
14 June 2021
Tunstall Service Platform (TSP) is a connected software platform that underpins daily activity of alarm
