Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
23 April 2026
Today’s briefing features a medical device for adults with diabetes and an investment to meet a growing demand for pacemaker implantation.
News
South East GP practices face internet outages
23 April 2026
GP practices in the South East of England are experiencing network outages, affecting internet connectivity and access to clinical systems.
Lewisham and Greenwich awards £52m EPR contract to Epic
22 April 2026
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has awarded a £52 million contract to Epic to supply a new electronic patient record (EPR) system.
King’s College Hospital achieves HIMSS INFRAM stage six
22 April 2026
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has achieved HIMSS INFRAM stage six, one of only a few hospitals to have reached this level.
Carea adds miscarriage support feature to maternal health app
22 April 2026
Carea has launched a digital support tool within its app to provide guidance and mental health support for women following pregnancy loss.
‘Postcode lottery’ in robotic surgery access for patients, data shows
21 April 2026
NHS patients in England are facing a “postcode lottery” in access to robotic-assisted surgery, analysis by RCS England shows.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
21 April 2026
Today’s briefing features news about guidelines for AI in social care and funding for a virtual AI biotech lab.
Movers and Shakers news roundup
2 October 2020
This month’s Movers and Shakers features appointments at NHSX and the first winners of the
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
