Healthcare Roundup 1 November 2019

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Barely two weeks after Queen opened Parliament, prime minister Boris Johnson declared it had “run its course” because it had failed to deliver his latest plan for Brexit; and then secured a vote for a general election on 12 December. Leaving the EU promises to be the issue of the campaign, but the NHS will inevitably feature.

In health tech news, Orion Health held its annual UK and Ireland Customer Conference, while Graphnet secured an IDCR contract. Also this week: read all about advisory board’s discussion of the My Care Record project delivered by University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, which won the #HealthTechToShoutAbout category of the Health Tech Awards 2019.