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.
‘World’s 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 “open social conversation” in a healthcare setting.
National NHS leaders join Summer Schools 2026 speaker line-up
24 June 2026
Three national NHS leaders shaping the future of digital health have been confirmed for Summer
University Hospitals Sussex signs EPR contract with Alcidion
24 June 2026
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has signed a contract with Alcidion to deliver an
Manchester Met wins funding to boost AI health innovation
23 June 2026
Manchester Metropolitan University will promote AI for business and the development of wearable health technologies
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
23 June 2026
Today’s briefing features research into growing distrust in healthcare AI and a partnership between the
FDP ‘here to stay’ says Patel as Palantir contract faces review
23 June 2026
Nirav Patel, head of demand and delivery for the NHS FDP, has said the platform
