The weather finally turned colder, and government attention finally flickered back to pressure on health and care services. The NHS Confederation urged the government to implement its Covid-19 Plan B before the NHS was overwhelmed this winter. Ministers declined, leading the British Medical Association to accuse him of wilful negligence.
Next week, all eyes will be on chancellor Rishi Sunak, as he delivers the outcome of the comprehensive spending review. Think-tank and bodies like the Confed have been putting in their submissions on non-NHS health spending and capital: and we have a round-up that focuses on what it could all mean for health tech. Plus: all the market moves, contracts and deployments.
