Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
29 April 2025
Our coffee briefing covers robotic knee surgery at Nottingham University Hospitals and trials of a new, needle-free cancer vaccine.
News
Evaluation of NHS AI Lab calls for national support for AI initiatives
29 April 2025
An evaluation of the NHS AI Lab has called for national support to ensure that AI initiatives can be scaled and sustained.
Government encourages clinicians to use AI scribing technology
29 April 2025
New government guidance encourages NHS clinicians to use AIĀ tools to transcribe consultations and turn them into medical notes and letters.
NHS App expansion saves 1.5 million appointments
28 April 2025
The governmentās accelerated rollout of the NHS App has saved 1.5 million appointments and helped cut waiting times for patients.
Voting opens for Digital Health Network Advisory Panel elections
28 April 2025
Voting has opened for members of the Digital Health Networks to decide the members of the advisory panels for the 2025-2027 term.
Children’s Health Ireland signs five-year deal with Sectra
28 April 2025
Childrenās Health Ireland (CHI) has signed a five-year contract with medical imaging and cyber security company Sectra.
Applications open for University of Edinburgh’s AI accelerator
25 April 2025
The University of Edinburgh has opened applications for its 2025 AI Accelerator programme.
Rapid adoption of technology ‘should not be abandoned’ post-Covid
21 September 2020
Government āmust supportā infrastructure needed to assist care providers in switching to technology-enabled care, a
Diversity and inclusion must be ‘at the core’ of NHSX and digital leadership
21 September 2020
Speaking at Connect 2020 Sonia Patel said diversity had to be at the core of
More than 1,700 GP practices contribute data for Covid-19 research
21 September 2020
More than 1,700 GP practices have stepped forward to contribute patient data for Covid-19 research
Hospify expands its communications app to pharmacy networks and GPs
18 September 2020
Hospify is expanding its mobile communications app to pharmacy networks and GP practices to help
Trials of NHS contact-tracing app ‘very encouraging’
18 September 2020
Managing director of the app Simon Thompson said trials were ‘encouraging’ but did not provide
