The week was dominated by the outcome and fall-out of the Lucy Letby case. The government immediately announced an inquiry into how the nurse was able to murder and attempt to murder babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016, amid calls for the harder regulation of managers.
In health tech news, MEDITECH emerged as the winner of one of the most hotly contested electronic patient record tenders of recent years, for the three trusts in the Norfolk and Waveney Collaborative. Wales started testing its own electronic prescription service. And there were interesting developments in the virtual ward space.
