Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
21 October 2025
Today’s Coffee Briefing includes Jigsaw Medical’s Innovate UK funding and the launch of an NHS digital tool to tackle racial disparities.
News
AWS outage causes disruption to patient care across NHS sites
21 October 2025
Exclusive: An AWS outage is believed to have caused disruption to patient care at around 10 NHS sites using Oracle systems.
Overarching AI regulation expected by mid 2026, says MHRA chief
21 October 2025
The MHRA is aiming to set out a framework for the regulation of AI by the middle of 2026, confirmed Lawrence Tallon, chief executive.
North East and Yorkshire trial app to help patients quit smoking
20 October 2025
Patients in the North East and Yorkshire are being offered a digital app to help them quit smoking as part of a pilot scheme.
Intuitive opens UKās largest robotic-assisted surgery training centre
20 October 2025
Intuitive has opened its new UK and Ireland headquarters which includes the UKās largest da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery training centre.
NHSE awards Ā£45m contract to advance preventative healthcare
20 October 2025
NHSE has awarded a Ā£45m contract to strengthen digital capabilities for preventative healthcare in line with the 10 year health plan.
Aide Health launches AI scribing tool for patients
17 October 2025
UK startup Aide Health has launched an AI scribing tool to summarise consultations for patients, to provide a record of medical advice.
Sunderland first city to connect health data via Great North Care Record
6 April 2021
Health services in Sunderland have become the first in the North East and North Cumbria
Royal Berkshire signs one-year deal to roll out clinical communication platform
1 April 2021
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has signed a one-year deal to Feedback to rollout
Surge in digital health tools during Covid-19 ‘led to data divide’
1 April 2021
The pandemic contributed to āworsening inequalitiesā with some people āleft behindā in the surge in
Guyās and St Thomasā offers experts for online genomics teaching
1 April 2021
Guyās and St Thomasā NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with Medics.Academy to launch an online
New IT hardware framework ‘could save NHS Ā£250m’
31 March 2021
The Digital Workplace: Hardware Framework is designed to help NHS and public sector organisations purchase
