Roy Lilley knows a lot about healthcare provision in the UK, and he shares it four times a week with relevance, facts and humour through a widely distributed newsletter. His knowledge and insight come from experience leading two health authorities, running the NHS Managers network and supporting the Institute of Health and Social Care Management. He's also been an active participant in local government, having served as Councillor and Mayor in Surrey Heath Borough. And he w

It’s a rare day now when we don’t see something in our news feeds about AI and, increasingly, the infrastructure required to power its development and deliver its benefits. The AI Opportunities Action Plan produced last year for the government set out targets to ensure the UK can lead in this frontier technology, and one year on many of these have or are being achieved . A central feature of this plan is the development of data centres across the country – and as I argu

When the NHS announced its ten-year Health Plan last summer , it revealed its intention to shift healthcare from hospitals to communities by establishing localised "Neighbourhood Health Services". According to the plan, these would “create integrated, multidisciplinary teams to provide proactive, preventative, and personalized care closer to home, focusing on early intervention, digital tools, and tackling health inequalities to keep people healthier longer and reduce hospi

Earlier this year I spent a few weeks in San Francisco, and was amazed at how in the two years since my previous visit, the city had become dominated by AI . Waymo, the driverless taxis owned by Alphabet, parent company of Google, is perhaps the most visible element of this change. The white, camera-laden electric jaguars are everywhere – and while my first ride was quite thrilling (see video below) subsequent rides became normative. My Waymo rides were safe, convenient a