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.
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
