Healthcare Roundup 7 May 2021

Following last week’s big news that Sir Simon Stevens is to step down from his job as chief executive of NHS England, commentators have been reflecting on his legacy – and starting to think about how might step into his shoes.  

NHS Digital appointed an interim chief executive: Simon Bolton, formerly of Test and Trace and Jaguar Landrover. Digitalhealth.net reported on the health tech underpinning the government’s mass ‘test events’ in Liverpool. And more trusts adopted modern IT systems.