Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
12 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a men’s 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 ‘unlimited access’ to NHS patient data
11 May 2026
The NHS is granting staff from companies including Palantir ‘unlimited access’ 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.
King’s 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 King’s 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.
South West region turns to Elemental’s tech to improve social prescribing
10 March 2021
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG has partnered with tech company Elemental to deliver
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS FT pens £10m deal with Civica
9 March 2021
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has signed a £10million deal with Civica to
Digital Health Unplugged: Which way for digital transformation?
9 March 2021
This episode of Digital Health Unplugged takes a look at government plans to reform the
Gloucestershire embarks on mission to better share specialist data
9 March 2021
A new collaboration will provide Gloucestershire secondary care teams with insights into the demand for
Celebrating female digital health leaders on International Women’s Day
8 March 2021
This International Women’s Day, Digital Health News spoke to women about their experience working in
