GoodSAM app being used to recruit NHS volunteers
25 March 2020
The GoodSAM app is being used to help recruit around a quarter of a million volunteers to support the NHS during the coronavirus outbreak.
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King’s College London launches Covid-19 symptom reporting app
25 March 2020
King’s College London has launched an app that will allow people to report symptoms of Covid-19 and researchers to track the progression of the virus.
Frimley Park Hospital installs new ‘deep learning’ CT scanners
25 March 2020
Called AiCE, the AI algorithm can deliver quicker, more reliable and higher-quality image reconstructions from patient CT scans.
NHS Digital asks PRSB to create national standard for social care
24 March 2020
During the first stage PRSB will be working with different local areas across England to determine which social care situations require national standards.
Digital Health Unplugged: March news team debrief
24 March 2020
Join our news team as we discuss the biggest stories of the month on Digital Health Unplugged. This month we look at coronavirus and the Digital Aspirants.
PatientSource offers ‘lite’ EPR software for coronavirus-hit hospitals
24 March 2020
The slimmed-down version of the PatientSource EPR features a cloud-based electronic observation module complete adapted for Covid-19 patients.
Covid-19: Video consults require ‘major changes to a complex system’
23 March 2020
Strategic leads at both a national and local level will be required to deploy video systems in the face of coronavirus, researchers wrote in the BMJ.
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
