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).
Digital Health Unplugged: Technology in care homes
25 August 2020
Join us as we take a look at the use of technology in care homes
Ensure support for digital based patient-initiated follow ups, experts say
25 August 2020
Graham Kendall, director of the Digital Healthcare Council, said evidence “overwhelmingly” suggests patients actively involved
Extra funding needed to support digital mental health services, report finds
24 August 2020
The £2.3 billion for mental health funding announced in the NHS Long Term Plan is
NHS organisations adopt clinical decision support tool during pandemic
24 August 2020
A number of NHS organisations have adopted the UpToDate clinical decision support tool to help
Solving interoperability is not ‘a technical problem, it’s a social problem’
21 August 2020
Solving interoperability is not “a technical problem, it’s a social problem”, the co-chair of INTEROPen,
