North West London trusts appoint Matthew Swindells as joint chair
Four acute trusts in north west London have appointed Matthew Swindells to the role of joint chair, strengthening their aim to be an acute care collective.
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Matthew Swindells takes on new role as advisor for Written Medicine
Matthew Swindells, former deputy chief executive of NHS England, will advise the company on strategy, growth and product development.
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Swindells to leave role at NHS England for the private sector
From 8 May, Swindells will relinquish his IT and related responsibilities, which will then be immediately be transferred to Matthew Gould, the CEO of NHSX.
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Swindells says GDEs must not be “digital havens surrounded by paper”
Speaking at the ‘Empowering people in a digital world’ conference on 13 February, Matthew Swindells discussed how technology fits into the Long Term Plan.
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GDE digital ‘blueprints’ to be rolled out to other NHS Trusts
The GDE toolkits allow any NHS hospital to implement improvements quicker and transform care for both patients and staff.
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Swindells strikes refreshingly optimistic tone at Expo
In a refreshingly upbeat speech from NHS England’s famously-candid national director for operations and information, Swindells suggested NHS IT had taken “a huge step forward” in the past two years.
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Swindells names and shames NHS trusts not submitting RTT reports
NHS England’s National Director of Operations and Information has publicly named and shamed a number of trusts that he claimed were failing to submit referral to treatment (RTT) reports.
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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.
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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.
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Swindells urges vendors to take open approach to data
All healthcare IT vendors must commit to an open approach to data collected by their systems, NHS England’s national director of operations and information has said.
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