North East Ambulance selected as Ambulance GDE
North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust has been selected to be one of four ambulance services to become a Global Digital Exemplar.
Infrastructure
NHS Digital Academy opens for applications
The NHS Digital Academy has opened its doors for applications. It intendeds to train 300 digital leaders over the next three years.
CCIO Network
NHS England CIO says service needs ‘at least’ another £4.2 billion for IT
NHS England’s CIO Will Smart has said the NHS needs at least another £4.2 billion of IT investment to finish the job of digitisation.
News 8
Swindells says NHS’s digital best are ‘mediocre’ by international standards
The NHS has a system that has almost all the patients in the wrong place, according to NHS England’s national director for operations and information.
News 32
NHS Digital Academy to open doors to non-GDEs
The high-profile NHS Digital Academy is set to kick off in April next year with its new chief executive Rachel Dunscombe announcing that it will no longer be exclusively for digital leaders from GDEs and their Fast Followers.
CCIO Network 1
New £10m exemplar initiative for Lorenzo trusts
NHS Digital has announced there will be a specific exemplar initiative for trusts using the electronic patient record Lorenzo
Infrastructure 3
Four global digital exemplars shortlisted in new look EHI Awards
The EHI Awards, dedicated to celebrating success in the healthcare IT industry, returns with a new category – the best Global Digital Exemplar of the year.
News
18 NHS hospital ‘fast follower’ trusts named
The second wave of 18 NHS digital pioneers, or ‘fast followers’, will be named today at the NHS Innovation Expo in Manchester by Secretary of State for Health Jeremy.
News
Fast Followers due to be announced at NHS Innovation Expo
At the NHS Innovation Expo event in Manchester next week, NHS England will announce the 20 acute trusts it has chosen to become ‘fast followers’ in its flagship Global Digital Exemplar programme.
AI and Analytics
`Ground-breaking’ deal in Oxford sees NHS products commercialised
University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to receive an aggregate £5 million of equity in Drayson Technologies.
Digital Patient 1