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.
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NHSE explores home testing via NHS App for new conditions
24 April 2026
NHS England is exploring plans to enable patients to order tests, complete them and receive results at home via the NHS App.
Health data from UK Biobank listed for sale on Chinese website
23 April 2026
De-identified UK Biobank medical data of 500,000 participants was breached and listed for sale on a Chinese website.
Chelsea and Westminster FDP success āflawedā, finds analysis
23 April 2026
A BMJ article has criticised data used to support claims about the impact of the NHS federated data platform (FDP) as āflawedā.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
23 April 2026
Today’s briefing features a medical device for adults with diabetes and an investment to meet a growing demand for pacemaker implantation.
South East GP practices face internet outages
23 April 2026
GP practices in the South East of England are experiencing network outages, affecting internet connectivity and access to clinical systems.
Lewisham and Greenwich awards Ā£52m EPR contract to Epic
22 April 2026
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has awarded a Ā£52 million contract to Epic to supply a new electronic patient record (EPR) system.
Boots and Cegedim announced 5-year partnership for pharmacy IT
12 May 2021
The contract will see the company continue to provide clinical decision support data and NHS
Queen’s speech: Government to ‘lay foundations’ for more integrated care
11 May 2021
Reiterating plans to embed Integrated Care Systems in law the Queen introduced the Health and
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals abandons Ā£400m EPR tender
11 May 2021
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals issued the tender in August 2020 but stopped the procurement due to
NHS England to ‘substantially’ widen digital staff passport programme
11 May 2021
A prior information notice revealed NHS England and Improvement are looking to expand the digital
Electronic repeat dispensing code saves GPs more than 90,000 hours
11 May 2021
When the pandemic hit more GPs were relying on electronic repeat dispensing services to provide
