Healthcare Roundup 3 February 2023

The DHSC and NHS England issued an urgent and emergency care recovery plan, which focused press attention on the potential of virtual wards. NHS Digital was formally merged into the NHS England transformation directorate, amid concerns about plans to cut large numbers of staff.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust published a report into the failure of both of its datacentres in last summer’s heatwave. Norfolk’s trusts prepared to launch a £155 million electronic patient record tender. And Highland Marketing client CaseCapture urged trusts to move from paper-based to digital clinical audit.