Junior doctors struck for four days, as national medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis warned that the NHS continued to face “extraordinary demand” and rising levels of delayed discharges. Veteran NHS expert Professor Chris Ham published a report arguing that “political failure” to invest in health and social care – and to spend in the right places – is behind the current crisis.
He argued policy makers could still reverse the situation with long-term thinking and resourcing, and investment in non-hospital care and public health. In health tech news, another trust picked Cerner, as NHS England told trusts to invest in portals. And there was another flurry of acquisitions, rebrands, and chief executive moves.
