Two NHS hospitals suffer major IT incident ahead of doctors’ strikes
24 July 2025
Two NHS hospitals have resorted to paper after an IT incident brought systems down in the days before the planned resident doctors’ strikes.
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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
24 July 2025
This Coffee Time Briefing covers an extension of a trial of drones to transport blood samples and funding for Digital Lifelines initiative.
Electronic prescribing to be rolled out at 55 mental health sites
24 July 2025
The Better Meds electronic prescribing and medicine management solution will be rolled out at across 55 mental health sites in the UK.
Scotland’s Hospital at Home service to expand to 2,000 beds
24 July 2025
Scotland’s Hospital at Home service will expand to 2,000 beds by December 2026, following a £85m investment targeted at NHS frailty services.
NHSE seeking £150m deal for ‘personalisation’ of digital services
23 July 2025
NHS England has issued a procurement notice seeking to award a provider a contract to support greater “personalisation” of digital services.
Smart Notes AI dictation tool introduced in four NHS trusts
23 July 2025
Four NHS trusts plan to introduce an AI-powered dictation tool which automatically transcribes clinicians’ notes during consultations.
NHS Scotland partners with CGI on Digital Front Door platform
23 July 2025
The Digital Front Door platform for Scotland moves forward as CGI is unveiled as a Delivery Partner for NHS Education for Scotland (NES).
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
Palantir awarded £23m 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.
