Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
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.
News
AWS outage causes disruption to patient care across NHS sites
21 October 2025
Exclusive: An AWS outage is believed to have caused disruption to patient care at around 10 NHS sites using Oracle systems.
Overarching AI regulation expected by mid 2026, says MHRA chief
21 October 2025
The MHRA is aiming to set out a framework for the regulation of AI by the middle of 2026, confirmed Lawrence Tallon, chief executive.
North East and Yorkshire trial app to help patients quit smoking
20 October 2025
Patients in the North East and Yorkshire are being offered a digital app to help them quit smoking as part of a pilot scheme.
Intuitive opens UK’s largest robotic-assisted surgery training centre
20 October 2025
Intuitive has opened its new UK and Ireland headquarters which includes the UK’s largest da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery training centre.
NHSE awards £45m contract to advance preventative healthcare
20 October 2025
NHSE has awarded a £45m contract to strengthen digital capabilities for preventative healthcare in line with the 10 year health plan.
Aide Health launches AI scribing tool for patients
17 October 2025
UK startup Aide Health has launched an AI scribing tool to summarise consultations for patients, to provide a record of medical advice.
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre recognised for EMR practices
4 December 2020
The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre has achieved Stage 6 on the electronic medical record (EMR) adoption
Industry news in brief
4 December 2020
This months industry round up features news Allocate and Locum’s Nest have partnered to better
Data and digital listed as a driver to help progress ICSs
3 December 2020
NHS England and Improvement board papers have revealed it hopes digital and data will help
UK start-up Cera reaches £90m in revenue since launch
3 December 2020
This month marks the fourth anniversary since its launch, with Cera now proving more than
Mersey Care plans further rollout of Covid-19 remote care
3 December 2020
Following a successful pilot of Covid Oximetry@Home in April, Mersey Care began accepting referrals from
