Healthcare Roundup 22 September 2023

London autumn

Climate change was back on the political agenda, with London mayor Sadiq Khan warning about the impact of 45C temperatures “in the foreseeable future” and prime minister Rishi Sunak rowing back on net zero measures. Meanwhile, the NHS staffing crisis got worse, with consultants and junior doctors on strike and nurse recruitment down.

In health tech news, Oracle Health unveiled cloud-based developments for its Cerner Millennium electronic patient record, Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System announced an ICS-wide roll-out of C2-Ai’s high-impact waiting-list management initiative.