Pitchfest winner: Why the UK is falling behind on women’s health
12 May 2026
Pitchfest 2026 winner Valentina Milanova on why the UK is falling behind in women’s health and how at-home HPV testing can help.
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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
12 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a men’s health event at Ipswich Town Football Club and a merger to create a unified care management platform.
GPs and hospitals to share patient data for single patient record
12 May 2026
NHS hospitals and GP practices will be required to share patient data under new government legislation to create a single patient record.
Palantir to be granted ‘unlimited access’ to NHS patient data
11 May 2026
The NHS is granting staff from companies including Palantir ‘unlimited access’ to identifiable patient data while working on its FDP.
GP IT supplier Optum acquired by US equity firm TPG
11 May 2026
Optum UK, the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary that owns EMIS, has been acquired by US private equity firm TPG.
King’s College rolls out AI to enhance cardiac care
11 May 2026
AI software that helps cardiologists make quicker and more accurate decisions has been rolled out at King’s College Hospital.
App helps more than 260 cardiac arrest witnesses in Essex
8 May 2026
An Essex support service, which includes an app, has helped more than 260 bystanders who saw over 200 out of hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA).
Clinical patient discharge summaries to be sent electronically to GPs
28 August 2020
The first of its kind trial at Dorset County Hospital saw more than 4,000 structured
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals issues £400m tender for new EPR
28 August 2020
The successful bidder will be expected to supply the EPR for a period of 10
Industry news in brief
28 August 2020
This month’s industry round-up features news NHS Digital is rolling out electronic notifications from community
British Army deploys clinical communication app to keep medics connected
27 August 2020
The Pando clinical communication app has been used to send more than 120,000 messages by
Quicker access to a contact-tracing app would ‘bolster’ Test and Trace
27 August 2020
Privacy expert Polly Sanderson said the Test and Trace system would likely operate better with
