Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing â
23 October 2025
Today’s Coffee Time includes Medical Research Council funding to advance eczema treatment and the opening of Oxford North.
News
NHS SBS launches ÂŁ150m framework to accelerate access to AVT
23 October 2025
NHS Shared Business Services has launched a ÂŁ150m framework agreement for digital dictation and speech recognition AI tools.
DHSC awards ÂŁ8m IT contract to support NHS England abolition
22 October 2025
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded an ÂŁ8m contract to support its IT infrastructure as NHSE merges with the department.
Share your views on digital in the 10 year health plan
22 October 2025
We want to hear your views on delivering digital transformation in line with the government’s NHS 10 year health plan.
Blueprint for AI regulation could cut NHS waiting times
22 October 2025
The government has announced a new blueprint for AI regulation which could help cut NHS waiting times and time demands on frontline staff.
Major NHS trial of AI-powered productivity tool delivers cost savings
21 October 2025
A major trial of Microsoft 365 Copilot across 90 NHS organisations found that the tech could save over 43 minutes a day per staff member.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing â
21 October 2025
Today’s Coffee Briefing includes Jigsaw Medical’s Innovate UK funding and the launch of an NHS digital tool to tackle racial disparities.
Palantir awarded ÂŁ23m deal to continue work on NHS Covid-19 Data Store
21 December 2020
The contract began on 12 December and confirms Palantir’s continued work in the NHS Covid-19
European Commission gives green light to Google’s Fitbit takeover
21 December 2020
Google has made a series of commitments to address competition concerns, including that it will
Push Doctor relaunches private video consultation service
21 December 2020
Push Doctor is relaunching its private video consultation service for patients following an increased demand
Imprivata expands digital identity platform with FairWarning acquisition
18 December 2020
Imprivata has acquired FairWarning Technologies, a company which provides patient privacy intelligence.
Mobile apps news in brief
18 December 2020
This monthâs mobile apps round up – our last for 2020 – features news that
