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.
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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.
MHRA seeks input on using EHR data to inform clinical trials
4 November 2020
The MHRA is asking stakeholders to help shape new guidance that outlines how greater use
Applications open for second round of the AI in Health and Care Award
3 November 2020
Technology companies, researchers and developers are being encouraged to bid for funding in the next
Digital Health Unplugged: November news team debrief
3 November 2020
Going forward we will be inviting members of our Digital Health Advisory Panel to take
First headline speakers announced for Rewired 2021 festival
3 November 2020
The first national headline speakers have been announced for the new look Digital Health Rewired
NHS Covid-19 App error ‘left thousands unaware they need to isolate’
2 November 2020
The NHS Covid-19 App was set at the wrong sensitivity meaning users were not sent
