Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
7 May 2026
This week’s briefing features Holland & Barrett’s partnership with Phlo and an awards nod for a wound assessment app.
News
French firm Doctolib acquires GP IT supplier Medicus
7 May 2026
French HealthTech firm Doctolib has acquired Medicus, aiming to bring improved technology, AI and services to GP practices across the UK.
Digital tools key to improve patient flow in the NHS, report says
6 May 2026
Digital tech should be used to support whole-system patient flow rather than simply improving bed management, Public Policy Projects states.
Bradford Teaching Hospitals uses AI to detect skin cancer faster
6 May 2026
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has begun using AI with the aim of detecting skin cancer earlier.
Lincolnshire Partnership chooses Portasana PEP
5 May 2026
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has selected the Portasana Patient Engagement Platform (PEP) to improve digital access.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
5 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a project to bring telehealth to an island with no GP and software for AI-assisted colonoscopies.
NHSE to move away from open source over AI security concerns
5 May 2026
NHS England has restricted access to some of its open source code to strengthen security amid concerns about the impact of AI models.
Seven NHS hospital trusts to receive share of £8.7m for e-prescribing
1 October 2020
A further £8.7million is to be dished out to seven NHS hospital trusts to introduce
Chelsea and Westminster’s innovation programme celebrates one year
1 October 2020
An innovation programme run by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating its
NHS Covid-19 app ‘more privacy-centric than original model’
30 September 2020
Five months on and a government U-turn to a decentalised operating model, Professor Eerke Boiten
Black Country Pathology Services pushes through with lab info go-live
30 September 2020
Black Country Pathology Services has gone live with a laboratory information system despite coronavirus threatening
Care homes to receive thousands of iPads to tackle loneliness
30 September 2020
The Department of Health and Social Care will provide up to 11,000 iPads to care
