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.
Mobile app news roundup
23 October 2020
Our October mobile apps roundup features the news NHS Shared Business Services has partnered up
Cambridge University Hospitals achieves HIMSS Stage 7
22 October 2020
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) has achieved HIMSS Stage 7 – the highest
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust deploys WellSky EPMA
22 October 2020
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has gone live with a new electronic prescribing and
National Data Guardian poll reveals growing understanding of data sharing
21 October 2020
A poll carried out by the National Data Guardian has shown a growing public understanding
Visionable to connect prisons and hospitals across England
21 October 2020
NHS England and NHS Improvement have signed a deal with health tech company Visionable to
