Digital NHS leader talks Covid-19 response and diversity
The associate director of digital transformation at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS FT has said the Covid-19 pandemic has “brought about the need for change”.
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Covid-19: BAME data must not become ‘hot potato too difficult to confront’
The Shuri Network called for a “stronger focus” from leaders to address inequalities following anaylsis that revealed disproportionate BAME deaths.
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Rewired keynote Jacqueline de Rojas talks technology and silver bullets
Speaking ahead of Rewired 2020, techUK president Jacqueline de Rojas discusses the importance of inclusion in all forms in driving technology forward.
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NHSX removes job advert amid criticism it excludes BAME applicants
The role was advertised on 15 October but taken down two days later after some pointed out on Twitter that the advert excluded BAME individuals.
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Diversity in digital health ‘is a matter of patient safety’
Without a diverse and inclusive team “unconscious bias” can be built into technology, ultimately putting patients at risk.
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Digital Health Unplugged: The Shuri Network on diversity in digital health
This month’s Digital Health Podcast with the Shuri Network explores the need for diversity in digital health and what needs to be done to improve it.
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Academic Health Science Networks launches first report on diversity
The report makes a number of commitments to improve diversity within the organisation, including to set annual equality and diversity objectives.
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Diversity can help make the NHS an employer of choice for innovators
Looking around the room at last year’s Digital Health Summer Schools, Shera Chok realised she was one of the few women from an ethnic minority background. That’s why at this year’s event she and colleagues are launching a new network designed to redress that situation.
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National CCIO addresses ‘macho culture’ and lack of IT leadership diversity
Speaking on the second day of the Health and Care Innovation Expo in Manchester, Dr Simon Eccles said the NHS was ‘working very hard’ to make NHS leadership roles ‘more inviting’ to women and people from non-white backgrounds.
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NHS welcomes UK initiative to address gender imbalance in tech
NHS Digital has welcomed the signing of a charter by the UK government that aims to drive gender diversity in the country’s tech workforce.
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