Chris Cook, IT director for the private Nuffield Hospitals group
Chris Cook, IT director for the private Nuffield Hospitals group

In the latest 60 second interview focusing on the people making NHS computing work, Joe Fernandez quizzes Chris Cook, IT director for the private Nuffield Hospitals group.

Chris Cook is the IT director for the independent sector group, Nuffield Hospitals. Together with his IT department, he has helped to implement many new solutions and desktops over the past year to ensure the hospitals have the latest in IT and patients get the best possible service. Here, we take a look at how he relaxes away from the monitoring all things IT.

What’s the first thing you do when you get into the office

Talk to people

Your favourite gadget at the moment?

Digital radio

What’s the best thing about your job?

Working for a company that recognises that technology is the key to success

Favourite book or song (or both!)?

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

Pet hate?

E-mail

Favourite website?

iGoogle

What annoys you?

Reality TV

In a perfect world, what would you be doing?

Sailing round the Southern Ocean

What’s caught your eye recently?

EMIS Web

e-Health innovation that interests you at the moment?

EPR systems

Read EHI? We want to get to know you! If you work in NHS IT and would be happy to take part in a 60 second interview contact E-Health Insider reporter Joe Fernandez on: joe@e-health-media.com Tel. 0208 8715266