Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
12 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a menās 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 āunlimited accessā to NHS patient data
11 May 2026
The NHS is granting staff from companies including Palantir āunlimited accessā 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.
Kingās 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 Kingās 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.
Digital Health Unplugged: Maintaining the digital momentum
18 May 2021
As more Covid restrictions are eased, Digital Health Unplugged asks if the momentum we’ve seen
iPads to be dished out to ambulance crews across England
18 May 2021
Ambulance crews across England are to have access to tens of thousands of iPads in
InterSystems and Cognetivity partner up to support dementia detection tool
17 May 2021
InterSystems is partnering up with Cognetivity to support its solution that uses AI to detect
Irish Health IT remain shut down following ‘significant ransomware attack’
17 May 2021
Health IT services in the Republic of Ireland have remained switched off following a “significant
Royal Devon and Exeter signs five-year research deal with Sensyne Health
17 May 2021
The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust has signed a five-year non-exclusive Strategic Research
