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.
Electronic system to improve patientsâ end of life care shared nationally
26 November 2020
Details about an electronic system which supports those who are receiving end of life care
Private data contracts risk ‘undermining core values of NHS’
25 November 2020
The director of tech justice firm Foxglove Legal has warned the âcreeping privatisation of data
ÂŁ600K Wade-Gery digital review may be delayed
25 November 2020
A high-level review of the digital responsibilities of different NHS agencies, led by NHS Digital’s
New Data Strategy to capitalise on ‘good practice’ during Covid-19
25 November 2020
The data strategy will build on work such as the NHS Covid-19 Data Store with
Winner of Rewired Pitchfest 2020 officially launched
24 November 2020
Celsium is a temperature gauging device that connects to an app via Bluetooth to continually
