It was all change at the top of the Department of Health and Social Care as Matt Hancock was forced to resign after being caught in a “steamy clinch” with an aide in defiance of his own social distancing guidance. Serial cabinet minister Sajid Javid took over his very full in-box. The Highland Marketing advisory board considered what it might all mean; not least for health tech.
Also this week: integrated care systems were told to draw up green plans to get the NHS started on its journey to net-zero by 2040; and the DHSC indicated that booster jabs might be needed as soon as September to see out the immediate crisis of Covid-19.
