Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
26 May 2026
Today’s briefing features VR technology for post-op recovery and an app to help men improve their fertility.
News
Women’s health programme expands from 2 to 26 innovations
26 May 2026
A women’s health programme has expanded from supporting two health technologies to backing 26, with many set to be piloted in the NHS.
Graphnet remote monitoring grows across 16 NHS organisations
22 May 2026
NHS organisations are expanding the use of remote monitoring services in a bid to deliver more care closer to home.
Rotherham NHS FT cuts IT help desk calls by 28% with AI
22 May 2026
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has reduced IT help desk call volumes by 28% after introducing an AI-powered autonomous agent.
One in seven use AI chatbots instead of seeing a doctor, poll finds
21 May 2026
One in seven UK adults prefer to use AI chatbots for healthcare advice rather than seeing their doctor, according to a recent poll.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
21 May 2026
Today’s briefing features technology for the early detection of dementia and biometric fingerprin access at a maternity ward.
Robotic surgery tech to help cut West Hertfordshire waiting lists
21 May 2026
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is using advanced robotic surgery technology to speed up recovery from cancer surgery.
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
Three tech providers join forces for enhanced remote consultation platform
27 August 2020
Cognitant, eConsult Health and Q doctor have collaborated on an online tool which provides GP
McKinsey bags £560k deciding “vision” for new NHS Test and Trace body
26 August 2020
A recently published contract revealed McKinsey was paid £563,400 for work focused on “creating a
Medical Interoperability Gateway extended to urgent care staff in London
26 August 2020
The MIG has been extended to urgent care staff in London so they can give
