NHS CEO Salma Yasmeen to speak at Summer Schools 2026
12 May 2026
Salma Yasmeen, chief executive at Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, has been confirmed for Summer Schools 2026.
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Pitchfest winner: Why the UK is falling behind on women’s health
12 May 2026
Pitchfest 2026 winner Valentina Milanova on why the UK is falling behind in women’s health and how at-home HPV testing can help.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
12 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a men’s health event at Ipswich Town Football Club and a merger to create a unified care management platform.
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 ‘unlimited access’ to NHS patient data
11 May 2026
The NHS is granting staff from companies including Palantir ‘unlimited access’ 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.
King’s 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 King’s College Hospital.
Leeds first to deploy imaging tech as part of regional network
16 November 2020
The first trust in the Northern Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC) has deployed a picture archiving
IT bungles spark calls for industry to be regulated for ethical standards
16 November 2020
It comes as a number of public sector programmes suffered IT blunders, nearly 16,000 Covid-19
NHS Digital moves hundreds of organisations from legacy N3 network
16 November 2020
About 12,000 health and social care sites have moved from the legacy N3 network to
Former Pitchfest winner TestCard secures £4.5m funding for expansion
13 November 2020
TestCard is a combination of a non-invasive urine test kit with an accompanying mobile app
Guy’s and St Thomas’ confirms Epic go live for 2023
13 November 2020
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust last month told Digital Health News that the
