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UK Viewpoint: Tech & Innovation In Focus In NHS Chief's 'Forward View'

 
• By Ashley Yeo

Filtering out the background noise, NHS England's chief executive tends to give a straightforward account of the state and the needs of the national health care provider. He did just that in a mid-term update of the NHS Five Year Forward View on March 31.

The UK National Health Service is on the verge of its toughest two years ever in terms of funding and demand for services. (Also see "UK’s Underlying Healthcare Model Is On Borrowed Time" - Medtech Insight, 10 June, 2016.) Happily, it has Simon Stevens as chief executive.

Each time he takes to the platform, speaks on air or addresses delegates, a calm begins to settle. His is...

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