Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
27 November 2025
Today’s briefing includes how brain stimulation can prevent depression relapses of major depressive disorder in 75% of patients.
News
MPs call for NHS to rely on UK tech firms instead of US giants
27 November 2025
MPs called for the government to prioritise UK companies for big NHS tech contracts, rather than US giants like Microsoft and Palantir.
AI testing platform removes commercial bias for NHS use
27 November 2025
Researchers have developed a platform to determine whether commercial AI algorithms are fit for NHS use to detect diabetic eye disease.
Concerns that capital funding for NHS tech could delay AI roll-out
26 November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged to invest £300 million of additional capital investment in NHS technology in the Autumn Budget.
High risk groups under-represented in Men’s Health Strategy
26 November 2025
Younger men are under-represented in the government’s Men’s Health Strategy, according to a neuroscience tech firm.
Blackwood appointed as chair of the Health Data Research Service
26 November 2025
Baroness Nicola Blackwood, a leader in life sciences and innovation, has been appointed as chair of the Health Data Research Service (HDRS).
Free digital and data training launches for AHPs
25 November 2025
A digital education programme has been launched to provide access to digital and data knowledge for AHPs based in the UK.
Leeds and York go live with Advanced electronic patient record
17 September 2020
The mental health and learning disability trust went live with cloud-based CareDirector during the height
Greater Manchester Mental Health trust launches validated apps library
16 September 2020
The trust is the first in the UK to launched a dedicated library of reviewed
Surrey Heartlands goes live with Graphnet shared record
16 September 2020
The health and care system in Surrey has gone live with a shared record which
Deloitte launches Health Tech Catalyst innovation hub in Birmingham
16 September 2020
The aim of the Health Tech Catalyst is to accelerate health tech innovation in the
Welsh data breach exposes information of Covid-19 patients
15 September 2020
Public Health Wales has confirmed a data breach which involved the personally identifiable data of
