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Letters Topol review on digital future

NHS must lead innovation in digital medicine

BMJ 2019; 365 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l1944 (Published 30 April 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;365:l1944
  1. Jeremias L K Reich, medical student,
  2. Kanay Khakhria, medical student
  1. Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
  1. jeremias.reich14{at}imperial.ac.uk

We agree with the Topol review that the NHS must lead the innovation of digital medicine or it risks unintentional privatisation.1 An example of this is Babylon’s GP at Hand, currently forcing the Hammersmith and Fulham clinical commissioning group to adapt its spending.2

The article points out that implementing all recommendations of the Topol review might …

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