Helen Thomas: ‘Are our systems ready for the next pandemic? No.’
22 January 2025
Helen Thomas, chief executive of Digital Health and Care Wales, discusses the six-year digital strategy and findings of the Covid inquiry.
Opinion
Why technology is key to cutting elective waiting lists
15 January 2025
Technology is key to the government’s plans to cut elective waiting lists, writes Vin Diwakar, national director of transformation at NHSE.
Nicola Byrne: ‘Digital formats will always have an inherent risk of attack’
2 January 2025
As a practicing psychiatrist, Nicola Byrne, the National Data Guardian, is acutely aware of the significance of health data for patients.
Digital Health’s 2024 Review: Top 10 most read opinion pieces
27 December 2024
Although no single theme dominates, several of the best-read opinion pieces reflected on the risks of digital, writes Thelma Agnew.
Joe’s View: A very Aussie Christmas
23 December 2024
Joe McDonald is in Melbourne for the festive season. And it isn’t just the heat that feels like a welcome change.
Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’
28 May 2025
The push for a single patient record is ill-advised and doomed to failure, writes Joe
Time to rethink how we evaluate digital technologies in healthcare
21 May 2025
Traditional methods of evaluation are often too slow, rigid and costly for the fast-moving world
Grafton: ‘The 10 year plan needs to be ambitious – I don’t know if it will be’
14 May 2025
Hayley Grafton, CNIO at University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, has high hopes for the NHS
Abolishing NHSE diverts attention from local staffing shortages
7 May 2025
Upheaval at the centre is a distraction which could worsen shortages of digital expertise on
We need to focus on value – and optimise our existing technology
30 April 2025
New technology can bring immediate efficiencies but after a few years “the picture changes”, writes
