As a tumultuous year drew to a close, the government defied calls to stop the relaxation of rules to control the spread of Covid-19 over Christmas; but said people should “think hard” before travelling or mixing with others. Scotland and Wales promptly took a tougher stance.
In non-Covid news, another report recommended change for NHS maternity services and NHS England/Improvement started a consultation on scrapping the 15-year-old, four-hour A&E target. Digitalhealth.net published an optimistic NHS IT Leadership Survey and another trust reached HIMSS Level 7.
