NHS supplier hit by cyber attack by pro-Iran activist hackers
17 March 2026
The supply of defibrillator products and other medical equipment to the NHS has been affected by a cyber attack by a pro-Iran group.
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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
17 March 2026
Today’s briefing features a UK charity that uses AI to identify medicines that could be repurposed to treat rare genetic conditions.
De-identified UK Biobank health data accidentally published online
17 March 2026
UK Biobank has confirmed that volunteers’ de-identified health data has sometimes been unintentionally published online by researchers.
Why NHS innovation stalls
17 March 2026
Mindy Simon of the NHS Innovation Accelerator, and Elina Naydenova of Feebris, discuss the barriers to scaling innovation in the NHS.
Study finds virtual treatment can benefit eating disorder patients
16 March 2026
Research from Oxford Health has found that virtual treatment can help prevent admissions and support recovery for eating disorder patients.
Feedback Medical and Patients Know Best announce partnership
16 March 2026
A partnership will bring together Feedback Medical’s elective care platform with Patients Know Best’s personal health record solution.
Child rapist could have profiled victims through NHS data access
16 March 2026
A former NHS analyst and convicted child rapist could have used unaudited database queries to profile his victims.
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
