Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing â
12 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a menâs 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 âunlimited accessâ to NHS patient data
11 May 2026
The NHS is granting staff from companies including Palantir âunlimited accessâ 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.
Kingâs 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 Kingâs 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.
Digital tool to share videos of seizures piloted across Scotland
23 December 2020
The vCreate Neuro platform allows clinical teams to view videos of potential seizures to offer
Sunderland Royal Hospital achieves HIMSS Level 7
23 December 2020
Sunderland Royal Hospital has been awarded Level 7 status from the Healthcare Information Management and
WiFi SPARK spreads Christmas joy with free media for hospital patients
23 December 2020
Hospital patients will be able to access a range of free media services via an
Chelsea and Westminster clinical team updates postnatal digital solution
22 December 2020
A clinical team from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have added new capabilities
New Advanced AI solution to process GP clinical correspondence
22 December 2020
Advanced and the University of Manchester have teamed up to upgrade healthcare software Docman10 to
