Healthcare Roundup 27 October 2023

The Public Accounts Committee issued a report criticising a decline in NHS productivity and urging the government and NHS England to get a grip to recover urgent and emergency care services. Outgoing King’s Fund head Richard Murray warned that without an immediate injection of funding in the Autumn Statement the NHS might have its worst-ever winter, as Scotland published its winter preparation plans.

A trust in East Anglia became the latest to pick the Epic electronic patient record. And the Highland Marketing advisory board debated how to recruit and develop a digital workforce fit for the future.