The NHS’ new financial year started with NHS England and NHS Improvement announcing that had “come together to act as a single organisation.” Scotland’s Conservative health spokesman suggested that hospitals should install sleep pods to improve the welfare of exhausted staff. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust went live with Epic, while Derby Hospital started to deploy a DXC Technology EPMA, and the Great North Care Record picked Cerner for its information exchange.
Also this week: another chance to read our analysis of recent structural and legislative changes in the NHS: Some of our Great Wall is Missing.