Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
7 July 2026
Today’s briefing features acoustic gut monitoring technology and a contraction timer to support women during labour.
News
NICE recommends two technologies for endometriosis diagnosis
7 July 2026
NICE has said that two new non-invasive technologies can be used in the NHS to speed up the diagnosis of endometriosis in primary care.
Isle of Man minister: Single patient record will be ‘revolutionary’
6 July 2026
Speaking to Digital Health, the Isle of Man’s health minister described plans for a single patient record as “revolutionary”.
NHS backs rollout of integrated AVT as part of £10bn tech funding
4 July 2026
NHS England is rolling out AI tools across the health service, including integrated ambient voice technology, as part of £10bn tech funding.
Pathology transformation could unlock £450m a year for the NHS
3 July 2026
Completing the NHS’s pathology transformation programme could unlock around £450m a year for the health service, a review has found.
Movers and Shakers news roundup
3 July 2026
Our latest Movers and Shakers roundup includes new chief executives for East Cheshire NHS Trust and East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
Midlands secures share of £85m to transform obesity care
2 July 2026
Health Innovation West Midlands (HIWM) has helped local NHS organisations secure a share of the £85m national investment in obesity care.
Nottinghamshire Council expands Servelec for interoperability with trusts
25 March 2021
The solution is built on Servelec’s Conexes interoperability platform and was designed and developed by
Cheshire and Merseyside becomes regional hub for Covid-19 database
25 March 2021
The consortium has integrated data across 13 trusts, providing researchers with access to 15 years
Child health records set to be digitised earlier than planned
25 March 2021
Working with NHSX the government is bringing forward work to digitise the records, which contain
Dr Timothy Ferris appointed NHS director of transformation
24 March 2021
Dr Timothy Ferris will lead the organisations new Transformation Directorate bringing the NHSE/I operational improvement
Government to trial new tech which can rapidly detect new Covid mutations
24 March 2021
Technology which aims to rapidly detect new Covid mutations by indicating whether positive test samples
