Sajid Javid says his top priority is to sort out the NHS’s tech, so that they can ‘make smarter use of data to improve patient care’. For years we’ve been told that the future of financial services is digital, that online advice will help to engage the unadvised masses. But when you’re at the sharp end of the NHS, it’s not great software that’s needed. You just want to see someone who cares, and ideally to see the same person who cares more than once. And it’s no different in our business; just not quite a matter of life and death.
“Global stock markets fall sharply amid fears over inflation and China slowdown”
Diesel at my local filling station now costs over £7.50 a gallon (kids etc.). Not my problem these days, but I’m sadly old enough to remember the furore in the 1970s when the price went up to 50p a gallon.
