Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
9 December 2025
Today’s round includes innovations in robotic colon surgery and research into how comfortable patients are confiding in AI.
News
AI note-taking tool helps speed up autism and ADHD assessments
9 December 2025
An NHS provider of ADHD and autism assessments found that using an AI clinical note-taking tool helped to reduce admin time for clinicians.
Workplace pressures holding back NHS digital plans, finds survey
8 December 2025
Workforce pressures are the biggest blocker to digital transformation, according to research carried out by Digital Health.
NHS maternity dashboard launched to prevent tragedies
8 December 2025
A national dashboard is being rolled out across NHS maternity services to help spot serious safety issues and prevent neonatal tragedies.
PRSB to relaunch in 2026 with new funding model
8 December 2025
Exclusive: The Professional Records Standards Body (PRSB) will relaunch in 2026 with a revised funding model, after NHSE ceased core funding.
AI-guided mental health tool piloted at GP surgeries
5 December 2025
An AI-guided digital cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) tool to help manage mental health problems is being piloted in GP surgeries.
Four in five care providers using digital social care records
5 December 2025
Four in five (80%) of care providers have replaced paper-based processes with digital social care records, the government has announced.
Dido Harding questioned on safety standards of using Microsoft Excel
15 October 2020
It comes as nearly 16,000 Covid-19 cases went unreported between 25 September and 2 October,
ICO assessing 15 contact-tracing companies for data protection approach
14 October 2020
A number of companies that provide contact-tracing services are being assessed for how they are
NHSX launches online information governance portal
14 October 2020
An online portal which provides NHS frontline staff and the public with access to national
Zesty partnership will see patient portals offered to Cerner NHS clients
14 October 2020
A reseller deal will see Zesty offer its patient portal to existing Cerner clients with
Doctorlink launches urgent care triage platform for A&E
13 October 2020
Doctorlink’s A&E platform aims to reduce waiting times by helping patients more quickly access the
