The annual Health and Care Innovation Expo in Manchester produced a flurry of announcements, including the official launch of the NHS Digital Academy, 18 fast followers for the global digital exemplar programme, a new NHS app, and a reboot of the NHS’ controversial data lakes programme. Also, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens put the health service on flu alert. Highland Marketing’s reporting team was at the show: and this week’s Healthcare Roundup includes news from the event and an analysis of what the show t had to say about the state of the NHS and its IT.