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.
News
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.
App helps more than 260 cardiac arrest witnesses in Essex
8 May 2026
An Essex support service, which includes an app, has helped more than 260 bystanders who saw over 200 out of hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA).
Midlands hospital uses endoscopy tech to examine small bowel
8 May 2026
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) has begun using capsule endoscopy technology to examine the small bowel.
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
