December 17, 2020 Opinion piece
This year been a year of transformation, and within that change, we have seen just how dynamic, resilient, innovative, and agile the healthcare systems we rely on really are. 2020 has given rise to strides in digital innovation and extraordinary progress has been made internationally on many levels.
The reliance on technology to remotely continue to serve patients during these times has practically become commonplace. However, it is pharmaceutical research and innovation that has perhaps recognised the biggest triumph in recent months in the quest to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.
And during this pursuit of a treatment, the UK’s NHS finds itself makes history once again as it becomes the first healthcare system in the world to begin rolling out the first UK-approved vaccine.