Mobile health apps news in brief
3 April 2020
This month’s mobile health apps round-up features news Breast Cancer Support’s end of treatment app, Becca, has been translated into Welsh.
News
New Covid-19 assessment tool in Patientrack to help staff intervene early
2 April 2020
An early warning technology used in NHS hospitals will now help nurses to carry out crucial assessments to help identify potential cases of Covid-19.
New digital service ‘to allow every UK GP surgery to offer remote consults’
2 April 2020
Nye Health, a free service that allows GPs to offer remote consultations from any device, integrates with existing systems to keep data within the NHS.
Oxford University launches Covid-19 government response tracker
2 April 2020
The Covid-19 Government Response Tracker contains data from 73 countries and records the actions governments have taken in response to coronavirus.
Further suppliers for online primary care services during Covid-19 revealed
1 April 2020
NHS England has confirmed the successful bidders of further lots in a confidential 48-hour tender for the immediate provision of online GP services.
NHS staff given free access to mental health apps amid Covid-19 outbreak
1 April 2020
The apps, which include platforms to proactively improve mental health and sleep improvement programmes, will be freely available until December 2020.
‘Worldās first’ multi-user conversational robots to support elderly healthcare
1 April 2020
A four-year project funded by Horizon2020 will develop socially assistive robots able to perform āopen social conversationā in a healthcare setting.
Digital Healthās monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
12 June 2026
This roundup includes EPR go-lives, following delays, at both North Cumbria Integrated Care and York
Digital Health Summer Schools 2026 full programme published
11 June 2026
Digital Health has published the full Summer Schools 2026 programme, featuring some of the NHS’s
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
11 June 2026
Today’s briefing features a 3D model for an eye centre in London and investment in
Govt pledges Ā£20m to roll out AI X-ray tools across NHS by 2029
11 June 2026
The government has announced Ā£20 million of funding to expand AI chest X-ray tools to
Pharmacy2U launches menopause support hub
10 June 2026
UK online pharmacy Pharmacy2U has launched a dedicated womenās health hub, backed by menopause retail
