Applications for cohort three of NHS Digital Academy now open
The Academy was set up in response to Professor Robert Wachter’s 2016 Making IT Work report, which said the NHS lacked sufficiently-trained leaders.
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NHS Digital Academy CEO Rachel Dunscombe takes up role at KLAS Research
KLAS confirmed Dunscombe would be retaining her role as CEO of the Academy and have “a part-time strategic role” with the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) NHS Group, for which she is currently director of digital.
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Last call on applications for second year of NHS Digital Academy
Dr Harpreet Sood, NHS England’s Associate CCIO, has said the 100 places available were “open to CCIOs, CIOs and aspirant digital leaders”.
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Applications open for next cohort of NHS Digital Academy students
Those who may be thinking of applying must have an executive sponsor and must be able to commit to attending all three residential training sessions.
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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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The secret blog of an NHS CCIO, aged 39 ¾
In the first of an occasional series, our secret CCIO blogger, aged 39 ¾, shares their personal reflections of the first meeting of the NHS Digital Academy.
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Clinicians begin year-long informatics fellowship at NHS Digital
Four frontline clinicians have started begun a year’s informatics fellowship at NHS Digital to support the design of a new generation of digital tools and services for NHS staff and patients.
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NHS Digital Academy kicks off to train next generation of health IT leaders
The NHS Digital Academy kicked off this week at the Royal Society in London with attendees taking to Twitter to share their excitement.
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First students accepted into NHS Digital Academy
The first students of the NHS Digital academy have been chosen, with a number of successful applicants taking to Twitter to confirm the news.
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NHS Digital Academy hailed as ‘important mechanism’ for cyber security
The NHS Digital Academy will be a “really important mechanism” for improving cyber security within the organisation, NHS England’s CIO has said.
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