Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
14 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a spike in the number of asthmatic people using combination inhalers and wearable technology for caregivers.
News
West Lancashire trust optimises EPR to improve abdomen pathway
14 May 2026
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals has embedded national guidance into its EPR to optimise the Acute Abdomen Pathway.
Harrogate and District launches phase two of Nervecentre EPR
13 May 2026
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) has gone live with the second phase of its acute electronic patient record (EPR) system.
Health innovation minister Zubir Ahmed resigns
13 May 2026
Dr Zubir Ahmed has resigned as health innovation and safety minister in protest over Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership.
Repairing EPR data errors could cost NHS at least £13.5m in 2026
13 May 2026
NHS trusts in England could spend more than £13.5m in 2026 on correcting data problems that emerge EPR go-lives, MBI Health analysis suggests.
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.
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.
Mental health trust deploys Servelec’s patient management solution
9 November 2020
Using the Servelec’s Flow solution the trust gains an end-to-end view of a patient journey,
NHS withstands hundreds of cyber crime incidents relating to Covid-19
9 November 2020
More than 160 “high-risk and critical vulnerabilities” were shared with NHS trusts to raise awareness
DHSC must still learn the lessons of its failed IT programmes
6 November 2020
DHSC and the NHS have a “long way to go” to deal with the legacy
Gould and Wilkinson talk NHS digital transformation lessons
6 November 2020
Matthew Gould has said that while “huge progress” has been made, the potential of digital
NHS Covid-19 app compatible across Scotland along with others
6 November 2020
The NHS Covid-19 App is now compatible with contact-tracing apps across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Jersey
