The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has secured a funding uplift to expand its AI Airlock programme, a regulatory sandbox for AI as a medical device. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/mhra...

NHS England has awarded IBM a £160.1 million contract to support the development of the NHS App, as it looks to transform the platform into a personalised “health companion”. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/ibm-...

Dental group PortmanDentex has announced a two‑year partnership with Heidi Health, marking one of the largest deployments of clinical AI in dentistry across the UK and Ireland to date. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/ai-s...

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde cyber security team is working with a GP practice after its website was linked to adult content and illegal sports streams. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/nhs-...

An AI system to help patients manage long-term health conditions is being rolled out in GP surgeries across Warrington to help reduce pressure on NHS services. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/aide...

This Movers and Shakers roundup includes a host of NHS England departures as well as a new national chief digital, data and technology officer across the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/move...

Concerns have been raised by NHS staff that engineers working for Palantir have been issued NHS email accounts. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/pala...

☕ Coffee Time Briefing ☕ Today’s briefing features AI that detects several diseases from one blood sample and a partnership to accelerate clinical trial recruitment. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/digi...

The Dementia Trials Accelerator has welcomed its first participants into clinics, a key milestone in boosting recruitment to dementia clinical trials. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/deme...

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is strengthening its collaboration with the US to support faster access to safe and innovative MedTech in the future for patients in both countries. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/uk-a...

Opinion 🗣️ We need to treat patients as partners in a journey rather than cases to be managed, writes Lee Rickles, chief information officer at Humber Teaching Foundation Trust. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/the-...

Four NHS trusts in south west London will roll out AI-scribing to 20,000 clinicians across the region in a large-scale deployment of the technology. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/lond...

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for doctors to remain in control of GP data in the single patient record data, rather than the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/bma-...

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has received funding to introduce features that let patients manage their appointments and visits directly through the NHS App. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/humb...

🎙️Unplugged🎙️ In this episode, recorded on day two of Rewired 2026, host Jordan Sollof is joined by Will Monaghan to discuss rolling out the FDP and ambient voice technology at scale in Leicester and Northamptonshire. Watch or listen below 👇 www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/roll...

☕ Coffee Time Briefing ☕ Today’s briefing features a saliva-based pregnancy test called the Lollipop and a healthcare-focused AI interpreter app. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/digi...

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with an ophthalmology electronic patient record (EPR) system from Medisoft. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/roya...

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been awarded £1.5m in capital research infrastructure funding to enable more patients across the region to benefit from research. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/leed...

☕ Coffee Time Briefing ☕ Today’s briefing features a free digital platform built for unpaid carers in the UK and an AI-enabled platform for eating disorder services. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/digi...

NHS England has published new guidance on the use of AI-powered ambient scribing tools in health and care settings, setting out how organisations can safely adopt the technology while meeting data protection and patient rights requirements. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/nhse...

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is rolling out an Epic electronic patient record (EPR) this week. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/torb...

Digital leaders have called for a more “brave” and “honest” approach to the barriers that prevent scaling of technologies. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/nhs-...

Opinion 🗣️ A ‘transactional’ approach to implementing digital health tools is bound to fail, writes Hayley Payne, associate director, children, young people and maternity at NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/driv...

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust is rolling out ambient voice technology (AVT) following a pilot in community and mental health services. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/hert...

NHS England has stepped in to delay the go-live of an electronic patient record (EPR) at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC). www.digitalhealth.net/2026/04/nhse...

Figures within government are considering triggering a break clause in Palantir’s NHS federated data platform (FDP) contract. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/gove...

🎙️ Unplugged 🎙️ This podcast episode recorded at day one of Digital Health Rewired 2026 explores how technology and data can help deliver neighbourhood health. Jordan Sollof was joined by Rowan Sil and Ben Hampshire. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/how-...

☕ Coffee Time Briefing ☕ Today’s briefing features AI designed to diagnose childhood sleep apnoea and a multilingual virtual assistant at a Welsh medical centre. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/digi...

Many big tech firms are over-promising and under-delivering on AI, warned health data experts at Digital Health Rewired. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/expe...

Rob Thompson has been appointed chief digital, data and technology officer across the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/nati...

East Cheshire NHS Trust and Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have shared that they are continuing to optimise their shared electronic patient record (EPR) system months after launch. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/ches...

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has announced that it is expanding the use of AI tools across its workforce. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/manc...

The NHS must “accelerate” and scale proven innovations to meet rising demand, England’s chief clinical nursing information officer told Digital Health Rewired. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/avoi...

Opinion 🗣️ The Frontline Productivity programme could have a profound effect on the NHS, writes Thomas Webb, founder of Ethical Healthcare Consulting. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/epr-...

Results from the 2025 Digital Maturity Assessment (DMA) show that 93% of NHS providers have an electronic patient record (EPR) but only 30% have fully integrated bi-directional data flows. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/2025...

Opinion 🗣️ WellTech reframes people not as passive recipients of care but as active partners, writes Dr Greg Burch, co-founder of the Digital Health Passport. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/from...

The chairs of the Digital Health Networks have urged NHS organisations to focus on getting more value from existing digital tools rather than chasing new technologies. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/nhs-...

A project exploring whether genome sequencing for newborn babies should become part of routine care has recruited half its intended study group, delegates at Digital Health Rewired heard. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/majo...

The NHS federated data platform (FDP) is being held back by risk aversion and a lack of clarity from the centre, according to speakers at Digital Health Rewired. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/fdp-...

☕ Coffee Time Briefing ☕ Today’s briefing includes Microsoft’s rollout of an AI health assistant in the US and a British biotech company raising £3.6m in seed funding. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/digi...

NHS England is to set an “expectation” that staff working in digital healthcare are members of a professional body and registered as digital professionals. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/digi...

FemTech firm Daye has been announced as the winner of the Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest 2026 competition for innovative startups. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/daye...

The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) welcomed its latest intake of fellows at a launch event held at Digital Health Rewired 2026. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/nhs-...

Opinion 🗣️ WellTech reframes people not as passive recipients of care but as active partners, writes Dr Greg Burch, co-founder of the Digital Health Passport. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/from...

Almost two thirds of NHS consultants would be interested in working for the NHS’s online hospital when the service launches next year, according to an NHS England poll. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/two-...

The health service cannot achieve the shift from ‘analogue to digital’ without stringent cyber security, NHS England’s cyber chief told Digital Health Rewired. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/mike...

The NHS App will shift to becoming a personalised health companion over the next few years, according to NHS England’s director of digital prevention services. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/nhs-...

Fewer than 50% of NHS staff using an electronic patient record system (EPR) received basic training on how to use it, according to research by the Health Foundation. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/unde...

Ben Hampshire and Dr Rowan Sil joined host Jordan Sollof for an episode of Digital Health Unplugged at Rewired 2026 to talk about how digital will help deliver the Neighbourhood Health Service.

Upcoming funding from the centre will be focused more on non-acute and community settings, confirmed NHS England’s national chief clinical information officer (CCIO) at Digital Health Rewired. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/03/nhs-...