This week’s consultant strike brought the NHS to a virtual standstill, as the government tried to impose a pay offer, the British Medical Association refused it, and managers’ organisations called for talks. The National Audit Office raised serious concerns about the New Hospital Programme and NHS Providers called for investment to deliver improved productivity.
In health tech news, the first integrated care system digital maturity assessments were published – and showed a variable but generally poor picture. But trusts and health boards managed to announce electronic patient record and digital outpatient projects. And a surgery outlined the benefits it has seen from X-on Health’s Surgery Connect.
