The CIO interview: David Walliker, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen
David Walliker, CIO at Royal Liverpool, tells us about who inspired him to become a CIO, the new Royal hospital and which action hero would play him.
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CIOs and CCIOs must be involved at board level – Bryant
Beverley Bryant from NHS Digital has said NHS IT leaders need to be recognised at board level by trusts to drive technology forward.
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The CIO interview: Luke Readman, Waltham Forest, Newham and Tower Hamlets CCGs
Luke Readman – chief information officer at Waltham Forest and East London CCGs – talks to Digital Health about moving from radiology to NHS informatics and explains why Alan Turing would be one of his dream dinner party guests.
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Steve Townsend is the new ‘CDIO’ at Guy’s and St Thomas’
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief information officer, Steve Townsend, a former solider and CIO at Transport for London.
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The CIO Interview: Adrian Byrne, University Hospital Southampton
Adrian Byrne, director of IM&T at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, talks to Digital Health News about staying the digital course and getting paid to drink.
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The CIO Interview: Paul Charnley, Wirral University Teaching Hospital
Senior NHS CIO leader Paul Charnley has recently been appointed IT and information director at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, one of the 12 acute global digital exemplars. He speaks to Digital Health News on finding, and keeping, good people and playing his guitar through an iPhone.
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Smart says STPs must be ‘clear and credible’ on tech
The NHS’ chief information officer has declared that sustainability and transformation plans are the “only game in town”; while promising that a further round of ‘national’ digital exemplars will include non-acute organisations.
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Health CIO National Conference next week
NHS Digital chief executive Andy Williams will be joined by a wide range of speakers at the Health CIO National Conference next week.
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HealthTech Women launches in Leeds
A network for women working in healthcare technology is about to launch a chapter in the North of England, after arriving in London from the US last year.
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Healthcare IT appointments in brief
This month’s round-up covers new chief information officer appointments Lewisham and Greenwich, Sandwell and West Birmingham and Morecambe Bay NHS trusts.
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