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“ We ' re thinking about how we ensure access for everyone , such as people with sensory impairments or for multiple first languages , and how we build all that into the technology we use so everybody has equal access ”
DR VERONICA DEVLIN CTO , MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST population here . That will slowly change , but in the meantime there ' s a lot we can do by phone ."
Digital poverty is one of the inequalities the pandemic has thrown into the spotlight , and while there is no easy fix , there is a big piece of work on digital inclusion currently happening within Greater Manchester . " The digital strategy for North Manchester General Hospital , which is the largest hospital in the trust , is very much centered around recognising that the local population has a high level of deprivation on all fronts . There ' s a completely different model of care planned for that facility and digital access is a critical part of it , because the plan is to build a new health and care campus there
84 April 2021