New strategy aims for welcome NHS capacity increase — but innovation ‘remains key to long-term renewal’
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The First Minister has pledged a major expansion of NHS Scotland capacity, but a formal health service partner insists that targeted innovation is also crucial to securing a sustainable NHS for the future.
Imagine the furore if a Conservative government announced a scheme to shrink hospital waiting lists using financial incentives. First, they’d pay cash-strapped hospitals unlimited bonuses to kick patients off the lists. Then, they’d offer GPs cash to stop referring patients…
NHS clinicians will be supported to use groundbreaking AI tools that bulldoze bureaucracy and take notes to free up staff time and deliver better care to patients thanks to guidance published today.
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