‘Smarter’ hospitals can help solve the challenges facing our healthcare sector

By Moritz Spellenberg 2023-06-22T05:59:00

Smaller, more efficient and cost-effective specialised hospital buildings designed to communicate with each other by being data-led and seamlessly connected will lead to better and faster patient care, writes Moritz Spellenberg, associate director at Llewelyn Davies

While the pandemic accelerated digital adoption to enable continuity of vital healthcare services, it also shed light on the shortcomings in existing systems and the need to ramp up digitalisation to ensure a future-proof industry and address key challenges.

The NHS is under tremendous pressure, with waiting lists and backlogs longer than ever, not enough beds and acute staff shortages. NHS Digital reveals that vacancy rates for nursing staff rose from 10.5% in 2021 to nearly 12% in 2022, with no end in sight to the trend.

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