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.
Dido Harding assures no risk to patient data during Excel error
20 October 2020
Baroness Dido Harding said there was “at no time any risk to patient data”, adding
Digital Health Unplugged: Collaboration between suppliers
20 October 2020
The latest Digital Health Unplugged looks at the importance of collaboration between suppliers and the
Patients Know Best signs re-platform deal with the Renal Association
20 October 2020
Patients Know Best (PKB) has signed a 5-year deal which will see it re-platform the
Tunstall calls for greater investment in technology to protect vulnerable
19 October 2020
It comes as Tunstall Healthcare has developed a remote patient monitoring system to support vulnerable
Police to get access to self-isolation data from NHS Test and Trace
19 October 2020
The Department of Health and Social Care confirmed NHS Test and Trace details would be
