Health Service Journal
Geraint Lewis
Dr Geraint Lewis is a senior fellow at the Nuffield Trust.
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Could a public cycle network cut down inner city obesity?
30-Nov-2011
This year’s Faculty of Public Health award for innovation went to an idea for cycle networks that mirror public transport routes. With obesity already costing the NHS £4.2bn annually, this radical idea could be a valuable long-term investment. Geraint Lewis explains. -
How predictive modelling can help reduce risk, and hospital admissions
17-Oct-2011
Accurate prediction of patients at risk is central to preventing admissions, but funding to develop predictive models has been withdrawn by the DH. Geraint Lewis and colleagues look at some of the tools available to local commissioners now charged reducing admissions. -
Open to suggestions: can the National Programme for IT be saved by open source software?
9-Sep-2011
Although a single electronic care record is still a ‘worthwhile’ aim, according to the Commons public accounts committee, the DH’s admission that it cannot be delivered poses a real problem for IT practice within the NHS. Nuffield Trust senior fellow Dr Geraint Lewis looks at one option for the beleaguered IT project.
