The UK healthcare system is facing a wide range of systemic challenges, which are having a profound impact on both staff and patients. But there is potential for recovery.
The Future Health Index report focuses on the solutions that healthcare leaders believe will help them to overcome these barriers to deliver better care, to more people.
Pressures are taking their toll on the health and wellbeing of overburdened staff. UK leaders report the highest levels of low morale and burnout amongst staff.
Automation is critical for saving time and improving productivity, reducing pressures on an overstretched workforce. Automation can ease staff shortages:
To enable further innovation and transformation in healthcare, leaders are looking to improve data usage. Changes leaders believe must be made to maximise data and improve care:
We’re seeing innovation’s potential to deliver better care for moare people. The focus now must be on using digital innovation to boost productivity, improve finances and shift care closer to home to unlock the NHS’s true value.
