Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid baffled NHS watchers by referring to it as a defunct video rental store. A spokesman said his reference to the NHS as “a Blockbuster healthcare system in the age of Netflix” was meant to be a call for digitally driven change. Meanwhile, the Messenger review of health and care leadership was published.
On the ground, Gateshead Health became the latest NHS foundation trust to gain accredited global digital exemplar status, as Frimley Health prepared to go live with Epic. And Oracle completed its acquisition of Cerner.
