NHS England and NHS Improvement announced a joint leadership team and named directors for their five new regions. The Scottish Government found additional cash for the NHS in its Budget, but was told by doctors it would not be enough to make a significant difference. Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock issued a press release announcing that he was banning NHS trusts from buying fax machines from January and that he expected the NHS to go ‘fax free’ by April 2020. Dictate IT joined the Clanwilliam Group. Northern Ireland created a new diabetes pathway using technology from Orion Health. And David Hancock from InterSystems launched a blog on interoperability. Plus: Highland Marketing published its review of the year, 2018.
Healthcare Roundup 14 December 2018
