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 Health’s go live roundup
11 December 2020
Our latest roundup includes an electronic prescribing and medicines administration system in Leicester and Chesterfield
National Institute for Health Research turns to Google to improve digital
10 December 2020
Using Google Workspace the National Institute for Health Research has been able to bring multiple
PRSB publishes guidance for prescribers using genetic information
10 December 2020
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has published guidance to help prescribers use genetic information
Wachter believes world will enter ‘a golden era’ of health IT
9 December 2020
A US âdigital doctorâ has said he believes the world is about to enter âa
Digital initiative to transform NHS temporary staffing in the north west
9 December 2020
A digital initiative which will change the way NHS temporary staffing is run is to
