It was reported that no single party within the health sector anywhere in the world has (to date) demonstrated how to reconcile the two opposing forces of escalating costs and restricted expenditure. Worse still, these calculations had not factored in the emerging trends that would compound the scale of the problem, which includes the escalating prevalence of chronic diseases, where an average population of 33% is drug dependent for life on around six medications which often doubles once in residential care. 

Dr Fawdry has written extensively in www.fawdry.info, www.eepd.org.uk and others publications and media. He brings a much needed breath of realism to the electronic vs paper medical record landscape. We particularly enjoy the view that “A paperless NHS still appears about as likely as a paperless loo”.