NHS England has awarded a contract with a value of up to £1.5 million to Digibete C.I.C. for a national digital education platform to support children and young people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
The contract is a call-off from a framework agreement, set to run from May 2026 to May 2031, for a total period of five years.
The platform is described as “universally available”, designed to host condition-specific content to promote self-management for children and young people living with the condition.
NHSE also published a pipeline notice earlier this month indicating an upcoming opportunity with a value of up to £40 million for support capabilities relating to NHS Digital Citizen, covering products and services including the NHS App, NHS Proxy, and NHS.uk.
The main focuses of the contract will be providing support capability for NHS Proxy and National Digital Channels User Insight, NHSE states, with additional work across other Digital Citizen products also potentially required during the contract span.
Wider trend: Apps and wearables
NHS England has awarded a contract with a value of up to £160 million to IBM as a strategic delivery partner for the future of the NHS App. “Following the completion of a competitive procurement process and due governance, IBM has been formally appointed as a strategic delivery partner as we continue to develop secure, reliable and user-centred pathways and services at scale,” NHSE states. The contract is due to begin on 1 May 2026, ending on 31 March 2028.
Microsoft has launched Copilot Health, said to provide users the ability to bring together data from across their health records, wearables, and lab results, applying intelligence to turn insights into “a coherent story”. Copilot Health is positioned to support people understand the information they have, part of a “secure space within Copilot where medical intelligence makes sense of your information and delivers personalised health insights that you can act on”. With Copilot Health, users will be able to record activity levels, sleep patterns, vital signs, visit summaries, medication lists, and test results from more than 50 wearable devices and health records from over 50,000 US hospitals and health providers. AI is then used to identify patterns in health data, reportedly surfacing proactive and actionable insights.
The Fitbit app has become the Google Health app, launching with the ability to connect information from a variety of different sources to offer a “comprehensive view” of health. The app offers four tabs: Today, Fitness, Sleep, and Health, providing insight into different areas of health, customisable dashboards, and visibility of data and trends. It also reportedly connects with a wide range of apps and devices through Google Health APIs, Apple Health, or Health Connect, enabling data ranging from workouts and meals to be incorporated in one place.
