England passed more grim milestones as the coronavirus pandemic continued to take its toll on deaths and NHS capacity. But the Department of Health and Social Care managed to publish plans for a significant reform of the Mental Health Act in England.
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust led the way on a new Sectra PACS and VNA for Greater Manchester. And CliniSys launched a laboratory information system for genomic laboratories; GLIMS Genomics. Also this week: our advisory board debated Bolton NHS Foundation Trust’s use of AI to help doctors read Covid-19 chest x-rays and what other trusts could learn from it.
