A new national commission which includes experts from Google and Microsoft will help to accelerate access to AI ambient voice technology (AVT) for clinical note taking. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/comm...

Nottingham City aims to “set a blueprint for digital-enabled neighbourhood health” across England, said Alexis Farrow, programme director at Digital Notts. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/nott...

Dr Charlotte Refsum, director of health policy at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) will make a welcome return to Digital Health Rewired in 2026. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/char...

☕ Coffee Time Briefing ☕ Today’s Coffee Briefing includes the news that every NHS stroke centre in England has been equipped with AI software. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/digi...

More than 100,000 care plans have been created using the Universal Care Plan (UCP) since the programme was launched, Capital OneLondon has announced. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/more...

Sir Jim Mackey, chief executive at NHS England, has stressed the importance of technology and digital solutions for transformation and productivity to health system leaders. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/tech...

Opinion 🗣️ Two months on from the launch of the 10 year health plan, Martin Farrier ponders how much difference it has made. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/flig...

Applications have opened for Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest 2026, the UK’s most high-profile digital health start-up competition. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/appl...

Patients have complained about disruption to outpatients bookings and waiting lists following the introduction of a new electronic patient record (EPR) system at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/pati...

Digital Health Networks has welcomed two new allied health professional (AHP) members to its advisory panels. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/digi...

☕ Coffee Time Briefing ☕ Today’s Coffee Time includes the launch of Lilie 9.5 for Iodx and an expansion to Germany for Patients Know Best. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/digi...

🎙️ Digital Health Unplugged 🎙️ Host Jordan Sollof is joined by the co-directors of the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) to discuss how the NHS can attract more innovators from underrepresented groups. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/digi...

NHS England is building a £6 million AI research screening platform to enable trusts to join trials of AI in screening to help speed up diagnosis. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/nhse...

Around 1,600 patient appointments have been postponed owing to an IT outage at the Southern Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT), Mike Nesbitt, Northern Ireland’s health minister confirmed www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/majo...

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has been connected into the NHS App through an integration with patient engagement firm DrDoctor. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/birm...

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) is “embedding AI into clinical care, operations and research”, said Mark Coker, chief digital information officer. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/gosh...

Join a free webinar exploring how Psicion, a UK provider of autism and ADHD assessments and support, reimagined its referral and assessment workflows to deliver faster, more equitable access to care. Wednesday, 24 September at 3.30pm. Sign up here: www.digitalhealth.net/events/quali...

Four companies offering 5G-enabled healthcare solutions have been selected to receive tailored support from CPI as part of its 5G Innovation Programme. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/four...

Sunderland Royal Hospital has launched a pilot with HealthTech startup Kidney Beam which aims to support patients with kidney disease to increase their physical activity and improve self-management. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/hosp...

The latest roundup of contracts and go lives includes the rollout of electronic patient records (EPRs) at Croydon Sexual Health, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust and Essex Partnership University Trust. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/digi...

The British Medical Association (BMA) is calling for the government to implement safeguards to prevent GP practices being overwhelmed by changes to online consultation access. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/safe...

☕ Coffee Time Briefing ☕ Today’s Coffee Time includes funding news for Salient Bio and ArcaScience, plus a virtual patient developed by Coventry University. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/digi...

Translation tech firm Pocketalk has launched an app on Zebra Technologies’ mobile computers, tablets and kiosks found in healthcare settings. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/pock...

A University of Oxford study will assess whether an AI breath test can help improve the speed and accuracy of diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in primary care. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/coul...

Personal Health Record platform Patients Know Best has announced a strategic investment from DNV to expand its single patient record functionality. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/pati...

A pilot of remote MRI scanning at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has helped to reduce Did Not Attend (DNA) rates and cut patient waiting list times. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/impe...

Google has opened a data centre in Hertfordshire to meet growing demand for AI services, as part of a two-year £5bn investment in the UK. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/goog...

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust has carried out a robotic-assisted high intensity theatre (HIT) list to reduce the number of patients waiting for treatment. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/trus...

☕ Coffee Time Briefing ☕ Today’s Coffee Time includes a new midwifery degree which includes AI training and an NHSE call for market input on patient feedback. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/digi...

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT) has rolled out a digital tool for pre-operative assessment forms via the NHS App. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/lewi...

A lack of clarity over digital leadership could limit the pace and impact of digital transformation in the NHS 10 year health plan, according to integrated care system (ICS) leaders. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/ics-...

Applications have opened for the 2026 Digital Health Networks Mentoring Programme which offers support for the next generation of digital health leaders. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/appl...

More than 900,000 patients in Ireland are now able to view their appointments in the Health Service Executive (HSE) Health App. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/pati...

A study led by University College London researchers found that implementing AI into NHS hospitals is more difficult than initially anticipated by healthcare leaders, with complications including around governance, contracts, data collection and staff training. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/ucl-...

More than £3.6 million has been awarded to 17 extended reality (XR) projects to create immersive digital mental health therapeutics to tackle depression, trauma and addiction. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/3-6m...

UK-based AI company digiLab has partnered with Nigerian HealthTech startup KOYO to launch an AI-powered app in sub-Saharan Africa. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/ai-p...

Our latest Movers and Shakers roundup includes the departures of Joe Harrison and Dr Vin Diwakar from NHS England and Matthew Taylor stepping down as chief executive of NHS Confederation. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/move...

UK-headquartered clinical AI workforce platform TERN Group has raised $24m (£17.7m) in Series A funding to deepen its partnerships with NHS trusts and care groups. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/tern...

☕ Coffee Time Briefing ☕ Today’s edition includes a partnership between the German Medical Institute (GMI) and Newton’s Tree plus funding for Nuffield Health. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/digi...

Exclusive: Airedale NHS Foundation Trust has appointed professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers to help deliver its delayed electronic patient record (EPR). www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/aire...

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is working with MedTech firm Medtronic to co-develop AI and robotic surgery solutions. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/manc...

Opinion 🗣️ Evidence-based digital support is essential to meet the demand on children and young people’s mental health services, writes Dale Greenwood, NHS clinical and strategic programme lead for North East London mental health support teams. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/digi...

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has reduced its annual spending on data infrastructure by £12.6 million since 2023/24, according to figures seen by Digital Health News. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/dhsc...

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out Altera Digital Health’s Sunrise electronic patient record (EPR) to its community services and outpatient departments. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/bolt...

Clerkenwell Health, a specialist in mental health trials, has launched an NHS-embedded commercial research site in Doncaster dedicated to brain and mental health conditions. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/nhs-...

☕ Coffee Time Briefing ☕ Today’s Coffee Time Briefing covers a milestone for the National Centre for Child Health Technology and a WhatsApp channel launched by NHSE. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/digi...

UK and Netherlands-based cyber security and compliance firm Naq has raised €6 million (£5.1m) to help health technology companies meet NHS standards. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/naq-...

Concerns have been raised that a new system of NHS league tables being rolled out across England today could be used as “instruments of blame”. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/warn...

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has rolled out an electronic test ordering system to help clinicians place orders for imaging and pathology investigations. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/dart...

An AI obstetric imaging tool will be trialled across four NHS hospitals to help identify congenital problems at the 20 week pregnancy scan. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/ai-e...