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.
Fast Follower Wye Valley NHS Trust goes live with ePMA system
2 November 2020
Wye Valley NHS Trust has gone live with a new ePMA system which will improve
BCS joins forces with Coding Black Females to improve diversity in tech
2 November 2020
Fifty women from Coding Black Females will be offered a membership of BCS, The Chartered
Scotland’s contact-tracing app now interoperable with Northern Ireland’s
30 October 2020
Through developing its own ‘federated server’ the Scottish government is ultimately hoping to allow interoperability
New analytics application launched on EMIS-X platform
30 October 2020
A new application has been launched on the EMIS-X platform in a bid to provide
Movers and Shakers news roundup
30 October 2020
Our latest Movers and Shakers roundup features a new interim group CIO at Manchester University
