TY - JOUR T1 - Approaching healthcare differently: engineering a brighter future for a public healthcare system JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 145 LP - 145 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.5-3-145 VL - 5 IS - 3 AU - Ed Nicol Y1 - 2018/10/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/5/3/145.abstract N2 - Welcome to the October edition of FHJ of 2018. Since I last wrote we have seen a change in leadership, both at the RCP and in the cabinet. Our new secretary of state is clearly a man with a passion for digital technology and now has the unenviable challenge of driving sustainable, innovative change in the NHS. Compared to his predecessor he has the fillip of an extra £20 billion as part of the funding settlement for the NHS's 70th birthday but he, and we, understand that money alone will not address the woes of the system in which we work. Most practitioners recognise that many of … ER -