Ambulance trust leaders tried to focus on attention on the harm caused by long ambulance handover delays, and management bodies renewed their calls for the government to try and prevent the collapse of social care this winter. In response, health and social care secretary Sajid Javid gave a speech about “seizing the moment” for reform and the need for better leadership.
Intriguingly, he suggested that national IT leadership might be an early candidate for attention. Scarborough Hull York Pathology announced that it is working with CliniSys on a distributed model of working across its four laboratories. And more services went live with digital solutions and apps.
