Government to fund UK cancer research through AI
11 February 2025
1:30 PM
The government has announced £82.6m in research funding to support UK companies tackling cancer and accelerating drug discovery using AI.
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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing 
11 February 2025
11:30 AM
Today’s news roundup covers PocDoc’s partnership with Well Pharmacy and Nexer Digital’s work improving inclusive digital access.
Digital inclusion project launched to improve diabetes care in Wales
11 February 2025
11:00 AM
Public Health Wales (PHW) has appointed Healthia to lead a project to improve the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ has ‘reporting issues’ with £450m Epic EPR
11 February 2025
8:30 AM
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is using manual data extraction for key reporting tasks, owing to issues with its £450m Epic EPR.
Guidance to simplify medtech procurement to launch in 2025
10 February 2025
1:30 PM
Guidance to simplify the procurement of health technology is expected to launch in 2025, according to Baroness Gillian Merron.
Liva Healthcare acquires Momenta for undisclosed sum
10 February 2025
11:00 AM
App-based healthy lifestyle coaching provider, Liva Healthcare, has acquired Discover Momenta and secured additional funding.
NICE consults on changes to its HealthTech programme
10 February 2025
8:30 AM
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is consulting on changes to how medical technologies are evaluated.
NHS App expansion saves 1.5 million appointments
28 April 2025
The government’s accelerated rollout of the NHS App has saved 1.5 million appointments and helped
Voting opens for Digital Health Network Advisory Panel elections
28 April 2025
Voting has opened for members of the Digital Health Networks to decide the members of
Children’s Health Ireland signs five-year deal with Sectra
28 April 2025
Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) has signed a five-year contract with medical imaging and cyber security
Applications open for University of Edinburgh’s AI accelerator
25 April 2025
The University of Edinburgh has opened applications for its 2025 AI Accelerator programme.
Open Medical platform to support occupational therapy in Moray
25 April 2025
The Rural Centre of Excellence for Digital Health and Care and Open Medical are creating
