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.
News
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).
Midlands hospital uses endoscopy tech to examine small bowel
8 May 2026
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) has begun using capsule endoscopy technology to examine the small bowel.
Dido Harding appointed interim chief of new health institute
18 August 2020
Baroness Dido Harding, who heads NHS Test and Trace, said the new institute puts the
Welsh health board launches Covid-19 AI assistant
18 August 2020
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board has launched a Welsh and English speaking virtual agent
Frimley Health awards £108m EPR contract to Epic
17 August 2020
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Epic with a multi-million-pound contract to provide an
Dudley Group NHS FT accelerates information sharing platform roll-out
17 August 2020
The Dudley Group NHS FT has accelerated the roll-out of an information sharing platform to
Applications now open for Digital Pioneer Fellowship to grow innovation
17 August 2020
The 12-month Digital Pioneer Fellowship aims to support innovators employed by the health service to
