‘Desperate shortage of clinical coders creates financial uncertainty’
19 December 2024
A shortage of clinical coders has wide-ranging consequences, argues Dr Marc Farr, chair of the Chief Data and Analytical Officers Network
Opinion
Henrique Martins: ‘The UK needs to go big with harmonised large datasets’
17 December 2024
Henrique Martins shares his views with Digital Health News on the forthcoming NHS 10 year health plan and why it needs to “go big”.
High-quality data is the foundation on which to build the NHS’s 10-year plan
10 December 2024
Transitioning from analogue to digital is not merely a technical challenge, writes Reecha Sofat, chair of PRSB.
NHS England’s federated data platform: One year on
2 December 2024
Many of the initial concerns about the FDP have proven unfounded one year after its launch, writes Matthew Taylor, CEO of NHS Confederation.
Could virtual hospitals be the solution to the broken NHS?
28 November 2024
Virtual hospitals could move us away from trust silos to create a transformed national service, writes digital health consultant Paul Grant.
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
