Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
14 August 2025
This Coffee Time Briefing includes a partnership between Devon Council and System C, and Oracle’s next-gen electronic health record.
News
Scottish accelerator invests Ā£1m in female-led HealthTech startups
14 August 2025
Three female cofounded HealthTech firms have secured over Ā£1m investment from STAC, Scotlandās industry-led accelerator for tech start-ups.
AI assistance may lead to loss of skills in health professionals
14 August 2025
Routine use of AI reduced health professionalsā abilities to detect precancerous growths without the technology, according to researchers.
App launches to prevent distressed behaviours in dementia patients
13 August 2025
A digital tool to help identify and prevent distressed behaviours in dementia patients will be showcased by the Alzheimerās Society.
ErgĆ©a and Newtonās Tree partner to provide integrated AI solution
13 August 2025
ErgĆ©a and Newtonās Tree have partnered with the aim of improving healthcare organisations through integrated, AI-enabled digital solutions.
Hackers breach cancer screening data of almost 500,000 women
13 August 2025
Personal health data from more than 485,000 women has been stolen from a cervical cancer screening programme in the Netherlands.Ā
Women in England to self-refer online for midwife appointments
12 August 2025
NHS England has announced that newly pregnant women can now self-refer online to get their first midwife appointments.
North East care homes connect to the NHS via digital solution
30 March 2021
A new digital solution which connects care homes to NHS services has been introduced across
Use of digital services leads to drop in missed psychiatric appointments
29 March 2021
Psychiatric counsellors seeing patients online during the pandemic recorded a drop in patients skipping appointments
National call for innovations to tackle LGBT health inequalities
29 March 2021
The Academic Health Science Networks and LGBT Foundation have joined forces to find new ways
Sarah Wilkinson to step down as NHS Digital chief executive
26 March 2021
Sarah Wilkinson is to step down as chief executive of NHS Digital after four years.
Royal Free patient first to receive smartphone connected defibrillator
26 March 2021
A 61-year-old year old man has become the first patient at the Royal Free London
