Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
28 April 2026
Today’s briefing features an AI method to identify bowel cancer drug patients and an online pharmacy sponsoring ITV panel show Loose Women.
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Medical device supplier Medtronic hit with cyber attack
28 April 2026
Medical device supplier Medtronic has been hit with a cyber attack that led to unauthorised access to some of its IT systems.
Portsmouth Hospitals awarded £100k for renal care app study
27 April 2026
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust has been awarded almost £100k to explore how an app could improve kidney care for patients.
Dartford and Gravesham goes live with digital maternity system
27 April 2026
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has gone live with the K2 Maternity Information System, delivered by Harris Health Alliance.
GP practice outages caused by IT firewall issue
27 April 2026
A network outage which disrupted access to clinical systems at several GP surgeries was caused by an issue with the practices’ IT firewalls.
Cost of Northern Ireland’s digital care record rises to £400m
24 April 2026
The cost of implementing a digital records system for Northern Ireland’s health trusts has soared to £400 million.
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.
Rewired 2021: NHS Digital CEO shares her Covid-19 lessons
16 March 2021
The CEO of NHS Digital has shared what lessons the organisation has learnt over the
Digital Health Rewired 2021: Roundup of day one
15 March 2021
Rewired 2021 kicked off today with FHIR and the role NHS boards have played during
Rewired 2021: Boards delivered changes that ‘weren’t possible’ pre-Covid
15 March 2021
Speaking on the first day of Digital Health Rewired 2021 Saffron Cordery said digital changes
Rewired 2021: FHIR creator highlights patient empowerment importance
15 March 2021
The creator of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) has told the Rewired audience that the
Matt Hancock to headline Digital Health Rewired 2021
12 March 2021
The secretary for state for health and social care, Matt Hancock, has been announced as
