Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
14 May 2026
Today’s briefing features a spike in the number of asthmatic people using combination inhalers and wearable technology for caregivers.
News
West Lancashire trust optimises EPR to improve abdomen pathway
14 May 2026
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals has embedded national guidance into its EPR to optimise the Acute Abdomen Pathway.
Harrogate and District launches phase two of Nervecentre EPR
13 May 2026
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) has gone live with the second phase of its acute electronic patient record (EPR) system.
Health innovation minister Zubir Ahmed resigns
13 May 2026
Dr Zubir Ahmed has resigned as health innovation and safety minister in protest over Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership.
Repairing EPR data errors could cost NHS at least £13.5m in 2026
13 May 2026
NHS trusts in England could spend more than £13.5m in 2026 on correcting data problems that emerge EPR go-lives, MBI Health analysis suggests.
NHS CEO Salma Yasmeen to speak at Summer Schools 2026
12 May 2026
Salma Yasmeen, chief executive at Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, has been confirmed for Summer Schools 2026.
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.
Totally remote GP services ‘wouldn’t be in anybody’s best interests’
7 August 2020
Chair of the Royal College of GPs recognised the need to continue embracing technology following
Answer Digital to continue delivering NHS Integrating Care Programme
7 August 2020
The NHS has partnered with Answer Digital for the next phase of development for the
Movers and Shakers news round up
7 August 2020
Our August Movers and Shakers includes the news that Paul Charnley has joined Cheshire and
Northern Ireland launches UKs first Covid-19 contact-tracing app
6 August 2020
The contact-tracing app uses Bluetooth technology to notify users if they have come into contact
Siemens Healthineers to acquire Varian Medical Systems for $16.4bn
6 August 2020
Siemens Healthineers is to buy cancer device and software specialist Varian Medical Systems in a
