Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
21 October 2025
Today’s Coffee Briefing includes Jigsaw Medical’s Innovate UK funding and the launch of an NHS digital tool to tackle racial disparities.
News
AWS outage causes disruption to patient care across NHS sites
21 October 2025
Exclusive: An AWS outage is believed to have caused disruption to patient care at around 10 NHS sites using Oracle systems.
Overarching AI regulation expected by mid 2026, says MHRA chief
21 October 2025
The MHRA is aiming to set out a framework for the regulation of AI by the middle of 2026, confirmed Lawrence Tallon, chief executive.
North East and Yorkshire trial app to help patients quit smoking
20 October 2025
Patients in the North East and Yorkshire are being offered a digital app to help them quit smoking as part of a pilot scheme.
Intuitive opens UK’s largest robotic-assisted surgery training centre
20 October 2025
Intuitive has opened its new UK and Ireland headquarters which includes the UK’s largest da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery training centre.
NHSE awards £45m contract to advance preventative healthcare
20 October 2025
NHSE has awarded a £45m contract to strengthen digital capabilities for preventative healthcare in line with the 10 year health plan.
Aide Health launches AI scribing tool for patients
17 October 2025
UK startup Aide Health has launched an AI scribing tool to summarise consultations for patients, to provide a record of medical advice.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
4 June 2026
Today’s briefing features the detection of Alzheimer’s using VR and a personal training platform that
John Browett named chair of NHS online hospital trust
4 June 2026
John Browett, business leader and former supermarket chief executive, has been named as chair of
Almost 33,000 Bedfordshire patients had data stolen in cyber attack
3 June 2026
Almost 33,000 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust patients had personal data stolen in the cyber
NHS AI scribe rollout should include national oversight, report finds
3 June 2026
The rollout of AI scribes across the NHS should be accompanied by national oversight, according
Hampshire and Isle of Wight adopts continuing healthcare platform
2 June 2026
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (HIOW ICB) has gone live with the
