From M&S oven chips to NHS microchips – a personal reflection

From working in a Marks and Spencer store right up winning CIO of the Year at the Digital Health Awards, Mandy Griffin, looks back at her career.

29 October 2019
Health CIO

CHIME launches UK chapter in ‘landmark agreement’ with BCS

BCS members will be able to access CHIME’s online materials and gain admission to the member organisation’s healthcare CIO qualification programme.

4 September 2019
Health CIO

Oxford University Hospitals appoints chief digital and partnership officer

David Walliker, the current CIO of Liverpool Women’s Hospital and Royal Liverpool Hospital, will take up the new role at the end of October.

2 September 2019
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Outgoing NHS England CIO reflects on three-year national role

Will Smart struck a sanguine tone at the Digital Health Summer Schools as he reflected on his past three years as NHS England’s chief information officer.

19 July 2019
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Will Smart’s departure confirmed for end of September

NHSX CEO, Matthew Gould, tweeted to personally thank Smart for his work as the CIO for Health and Care, saying it had been ‘a pleasure’ working with him.

12 July 2019
Health CIO

NHS England chief information officer Will Smart ‘set to move on’

Sources told Digital Health that Smart is expected to leave his role as part of the wholesale shake-up of IT leadership at NHS England.

21 June 2019
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South London and Maudsley CIO Stephen Docherty to join Microsoft

Stephen Docherty will be taking up the new role of industry executive for health at Microsoft in June after more than four years at SLAM.

1 April 2019
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Hancock urges NHS chief execs to get on board with CIOs

In a keynote at an event in London on 28 November, the health secretary spoke about leadership in the NHS and referenced the culture towards technology.

6 December 2018
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