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.
Essex Partnership digital tool improves leg wound and ulcer care
19 June 2026
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a digital tool to improve care for
West Midlands NHS imaging programme enters procurement
19 June 2026
An NHS imaging transformation programme serving 6.6 million people across the West Midlands has entered
Health minister apologises for NHSE error on FDP data access
18 June 2026
Health minister Preet Kaur Gill has apologised for NHSEās handling of information provided to the
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ā
18 June 2026
Today’s briefing features Doctify launching in Saudi Arabia and a Scottish medical management platform for
University Hospitals Sussex EDs switch to digital observations
18 June 2026
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has now rolled out digital observations and prescribing in
