Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
2 October 2025
Today’s Coffee Time Briefing includes the launch of two ABHI accelerators and FDA 510(k) clearance for the AI tool OsteoSight.
News
Ben Goldacre and Gillian Leng to keynote at Rewired 2026
2 October 2025
Professor Ben Goldacre and Professor Gillian Leng have been announced as keynote speakers at Digital Health Rewired 2026.
‘We can’t afford to wait years for AI regulation’ says Tallon
2 October 2025
Lawrence Tallon, chief executive of the MHRA, said “we cannot afford to wait years” for AI to be regulated at the pace of innovation.
West Yorkshire pilots ‘digital twin’ for kidney disease
1 October 2025
West Yorkshire is piloting a population health ‘digital twin’ for chronic kidney disease to help spot the condition earlier.
GP practices in England to make online booking available all day
1 October 2025
GP practices are required to keep their online consultation tools running throughout core hours from October, under GP contract changes.
Digital is ‘integral’ to Moorfields’ top NHS league table ranking
1 October 2025
Digital is “integral” to the trust’s top ranking in NHS league tables, said Dr Peter Thomas, director of digital at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Scotland’s NHS App will not be widely available until April 2026
30 September 2025
Scotland’s version of the NHS App will not be made available to everyone across the country until April 2026, the government has announced.
Government announces £500,000 to bolster healthcare cyber security
15 September 2020
It comes as the National Cyber Security Centre identified a heightened cyber threat to the
Digital immunity passports part of government’s plans to ramp up testing
14 September 2020
Under the plans digital immunity passports will be used to allow people who have tested
AI will ‘under deliver’ at first but ‘blow our minds’ in the future
14 September 2020
Speaking at London Tech Week Ali Parsa said the NHS is doing “fantastic” work in
Scotland launches UKs second Covid-19 contact-tracing app
14 September 2020
The Protect Scotland app is designed as an “extra tool” to support the manual contact-tracing
NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app to be launched in England and Wales
11 September 2020
The contact-tracing app offers QR code check-in capability, allows users to book a free test
