Healthcare Roundup 4 January 2019

NHS England and NHS Improvement published the policy and planning guidance that will direct the NHS over the coming year – or a slimmed down version of it, with further details and a long-term plan still to come. Looking for headlines over the Christmas and New Year break, the government published details of the maternity section of the plan, which includes a further roll-out of the eRedbook. It also promised that the new GP IT framework would shake up the market and extend patient access to records and video consultations. Also this week: Highland Marketing and its advisory group published their predictions for the year ahead.