Hancock, redux
The health and social care secretary was widely expected to leave for a new job in Boris Johnson’s first cabinet reshuffle. But he’s back. Lyn Whitfield considers his first year in office, his possible new...
Advisory board round table: NHSX
Ninety days on from the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan, the health service has seen some structural and legislative changes – and the announcement of NHSX. At its April meeting, Highland Marketing’s advisory...
Some of our Great Wall is missing
The NHS is moving into another period of reform and reorganisation: but hardly anybody has noticed. Lyn Whitfield reports on NHS England’s proposals for legislative change and its effective merger with NHS Improvement. The last...
To NHS IT, and beyond?
Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock is setting up an NHSX unit. It’s hardly the first attempt to set up a central body to sort out IT policy and approach. So will it fly,...
The Topol Review – bringing humanity to the machine-patient interface
The long-awaited Topol Review of how technology will impact on the NHS workforce has been published. It ranges over topics as diverse as the ethics of data analysis and the nature of intelligence. Which may...
Health Chat with Roy Lilley and Matt Hancock
The inimitable health commentator interviewed the health and social care secretary at the end of January. Lyn Whitfield went to hear them discuss politics, NHS priorities, and what Hancock’s obvious interest in technology is likely...
Advisory board round table: the NHS Long Term Plan
The first meeting of Highland Marketing’s reconstituted advisory board discussed the NHS Long Term Plan and what will be needed to make it a success. Leadership, investment spent on the right things at the right...
Plan for the best, prepare for the worst?
Prime minister Theresa May and NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens launched the long-awaited NHS Long Term Plan on Monday. There is a lot to like in a document that lays out a new service...
Predictions for the NHS and health tech in 2019
Brexit will continue to cause short-term upset in UK politics, but it is long-term trends that will shape the NHS and the health tech market in 2019 and beyond. Highland Marketing and its advisors look...
Review of the year, 2018
Brexit, money, a big anniversary and the promise of a long-term plan, winter pressures and summer pressures, a new health secretary, “interoperable data standards”, and national apps. Lyn Whitfield looks back over the NHS and...
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