Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
30 April 2026
Today’s briefing includes cyberattacks on Ukraine’s hospitals and tech that stops organs getting damaged in transit.
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AI cuts patient call wait times by up to 90% at UHSussex
30 April 2026
Patient call wait times at University Hospitals Sussex have been cut by up to 90% since the implementation of AI technology from Netcall.
NHS to expand AI use through federated data platform
29 April 2026
The NHS is planning to ramp up the use of AI tools through the FDP, including products to support theatre scheduling, triage and discharge.
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29 April 2026
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Patients across England can now check appointments via NHS App
29 April 2026
Patients across England can now check referrals and appointments through the NHS App after it was connected to every acute NHS trust.
New AI-scribing firm added to NHS England’s supplier registry
28 April 2026
AI-scribing tool G2 Speech has been recognised as a self-certified supplier on the NHS England ambient voice technology (AVT) registry.
The Forgotten Patients: Is the digital NHS leaving people behind?
28 April 2026
This special report from Unplugged explores whether the NHS’s shift to digital is improving access to healthcare or creating new barriers.
Digital Health’s monthly go live round up
13 November 2020
Our November roundup of all things go lives features Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust going
NHS Test and Trace suffers another round of ‘huge’ IT issues
12 November 2020
Leaked emails confirmed the “huge IT” issues in the NHS Test and Trace system relating
South Tees selects Alcidion to supply ‘smart technologies’ across the trust
12 November 2020
The trust will adopt Alcidion’s Miya Precision solution as well as the Better OPENeP electronic
Palantir ‘could be drafted in to help boost Test and Trace’
12 November 2020
The government has reportedly held talks with data analytics company Palantir to help boost the
Barnsley Hospital NHS FT starts using electronic care planning
12 November 2020
Staff at Barnsley Hospital NHS FT have started using electronic care planning to create plans
