On what should have been the first day of its annual conference, the NHS Confederation warned the health service faced a “long, slow road to recovery” and the government should manage public expectations of what would be possible to maintain public confidence. Meanwhile, the NHS in Scotland set off on its own road with a ‘Remobilise, Recover, Redesign’ plan.
In other news from around the four countries of the UK, Northern Ireland signed a £275 million, ten-year deal with Epic for electronic patient records, and Wales said the national video consultation service it had set up to deal with Covid-19 is here to stay.
