Digital Health February 19, 2021
Digital innovation must be “at the heart” of healthcare reforms to capitalise on progress made during the Covid-19 pandemic, a thinktank has said.
Public Policy Projects (PPP) called on the government to use digital tools to better enable collaboration across the NHS following the release of the white paper for health and care last week.
The paper aims to embed lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic and make legislative changes to reduce red tape within the health service. This includes putting Integrated Care Systems on a statutory footing and relaxing rules around procurement so commissioners would no longer be required to put contracts out to tender.
PPP echoed the need to “galvanise” the progress made during the pandemic in its...