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Below you can explore some illustrations of just how different parts of the NHS continue to lead the way.

To lead the way in treating chronic illness, we’re letting our patients get on with their lives.

To lead the way in infection control, our mobile unit is giving us a clean break.

To lead the way in medicine distribution, we’re making science fiction into science fact.

To lead the way in treating cancer, we’re virtually there already.

To best manage the population’s investment, we’re leading the way in world class procurement.

To lead the way in intensive care unit efficiency, we’re following in the footsteps of a prancing horse.

To lead the way in fighting climate change, our bus service is just the ticket.

To lead the way in getting smokers to quit, we’re seeing how much they can puff away.

To lead the way in tackling obesity, our Body Volume Index is taking a real weight off our shoulders

Our Technology Adoption Centre is leading the way in leading the way.

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To lead the way in treating chronic illness, we’re letting our patients get on with their lives.

To lead the way in medicine distribution, we’re making science fiction into science fact.

With 1.3 million employees, the NHS needs to make sure it is using its workforce efficiently. So why take a person off a ward to do a job that a machine can do just as well?

This is the opinion of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and East Cheshire NHS Trust, which are leading the way in modernising hospital practices by introducing the use of robotic dispensing systems into their pharmacies. This new system has a number of advantages, from enabling the release of pharmacy staff to directly support nursing and medical staff on the wards, to reducing turnaround times for medicines and optimising the use of hospital pharmacy space.

With a number of different automated dispensary systems now becoming available on the market, several other NHS trusts are also trialling the use of pharmacy robots. At King’s College Hospital, dispensing errors were reduced by 65% following the installation of one such system, and the average turnaround time for dispensing medicines to outpatients was reduced by 15 minutes.

At Arrowe Park Hospital in The Wirral, pharmacy technicians were able to spend more time delivering near-patient services on wards following the installation of a pharmacy robot, equating to the redeployment of 3.5 whole-time pharmacy staff. The system also enabled the pharmacy to reduce its dispensary shelf space by 70%.