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Martin Farrier
24 September 2025

Is the 10 year health plan the route we’re already travelling?

Two months on from the launch of the 10 year health plan, Martin Farrier ponders how much difference it has
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AI
18 June 2025

‘I’m ready to embrace AI doctors’  

Consultant paediatrician Martin Farrier faces the nightmarish future of AI doctors– and finds it reassuringly familiar.
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3 October 2024

Contrast between tech for personal use and IT we face at work is extreme

Are NHS staff becoming disengaged because they are tired of struggling with slow, clunky IT? Consultant paediatrician Martin Farrier turns
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31 July 2024

Sport on TV has a lesson for tech in the NHS

What does the streaming of live sport on TV have to do with EPR implementation? They should both deliver a
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8 May 2024

I’m beginning to worry about AI

CCIO Martin Farrier used to believe AI would "enhance" us. Lately, he's been having some serious doubts.
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8 February 2024

Restricting doctors use of WhatsApp is pointless

Junior doctor Matt Farrier sometimes asks advice on medical matters from his consultant paediatrician father Martin. Like ‘every doctor in
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