Found this article, talking about virtual care for tackling obesity UK NHS
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/nhs-nice-nature-national-institute-for-health-and-care-excellence-steve-barclay-b2393026.html
alcidion isnt one of the four platforms reccomended but its still interesting to hear about Virtual care as a way of tackling excess healthcare demand
john quinn was appointed cio to UK NHS in June 23"
has been doing the role since Feb 2023 as a fill in and now got the job. He has been with the organisation 8 years; and helped with several digital transformation programs. I think this is good news for Alcidion that the CIO is likely someone they have had dealings with in the past when he was more junior.
https://digital.nhs.uk/news/2023/health-staff-switching-to-improved-nhs-patient-record-service
another good article june 2023 talks about all users need to switch to the new national care records service by 29th Sept 2023 which is the new NHS patient record service
june 23 - uk nhs signs a new whole of NHS enterprise agreement to give access to Microsoft 365 under the new CiO Quinn
hospital beds in the Uk have halved in the last 30 years and some say its gone too far to virtual care as a national policy shift
https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/nhs-in-a-nutshell/hospital-beds
