Analysis: the NHS ten-year plan
The health service was promised a £20 billion ‘birthday present’ for NHS70. Now, a ten-year plan is being developed to work out how to spend the money. Lyn Whitfield asks what we know so far,...
Dear Matt Hancock…
In his first speech as health and social care secretary, Matt Hancock announced that one of his three priorities for his new department is technology. He even announced – or perhaps more accurately re-announced –...
Hancock’s half month
In the fortnight since he took over from Jeremy Hunt as health and social care secretary, Matt Hancock has given one major speech and made his first appearance in front of the Commons’ health committee....
Analysis: May’s £20 billion #NHS70 funding boost
Prime minister Theresa May has promised the NHS a £20 billion birthday present; but is the five-year funding package as generous as it sounds, and what will the money be spent on? Now the think-tanks...
Will NHS IT look good in LHCRE?
NHS Digital has announced that three areas of the country will become local health and care record exemplars. But what are the so-called LHCREs looking to achieve? Lyn Whitfield explains. Another new acronym? Healthcare IT...
Dr Saif Abed talks about WannaCry – one year on
As sunshine illuminated Friday lunchtime on 12 May 2017, reports started to pop up on local news-sites and social media that the NHS was experiencing a cyber-attack. By tea-time, it was clear that it was...
Cry havoc – the NHS cyber attack one year on
The WannaCry ransomware attack was unleashed a year ago. In the UK, it had a particular impact on the NHS, and its lessons and implications have been extensively studied. Lyn Whitfield looks back. Flashback: the...
Scotland’s Digital Health and Care Strategy – revealed
Scotland’s delayed but eagerly anticipated Digital Health and Care Strategy has been published. After the wait, what does it say? Matthew D’Arcy takes a look. Scotland’s new Digital Health and Care Strategy takes some bold...
What could the new Digital Health and Social Care Strategy do for Scotland?
A delayed but eagerly anticipated Digital Health and Care Strategy is expected from the Scottish government in Spring 2018. Matthew D’Arcy asks what it might address. The latest Scottish government plan to develop services around...
Fine time to secure services and data
In May, the UK will formally adopt two EU initiatives to safeguard essential infrastructure and services and to protect personal data. Highland Marketing outlines the key points of the Network and Information Systems Directive and...
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