Outgoing NHS England CIO reflects on three-year national role
Will Smart struck a sanguine tone at the Digital Health Summer Schools as he reflected on his past three years as NHS England’s chief information officer.
Health CIO
Will Smart’s departure confirmed for end of September
NHSX CEO, Matthew Gould, tweeted to personally thank Smart for his work as the CIO for Health and Care, saying it had been ‘a pleasure’ working with him.
Health CIO
New data-led NHS safety strategy lets patients log concerns
Under the new Patient Safety Strategy, patients will be able to anonymously submit information if they are concerned about their treatment or care.
Digital Patient
NHS England chief information officer Will Smart ‘set to move on’
Sources told Digital Health that Smart is expected to leave his role as part of the wholesale shake-up of IT leadership at NHS England.
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IT needs ‘radical upgrade’ to improve cancer screening, interim report finds
Professor Sir Mike Richards said new IT systems were “urgent priority” and booking an appointment needs to be as “simple as booking a plane ticket online”.
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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.
News
Boosted accelerator programme will fast-track digital services in NHS
The Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) has been expanded to push technologies through the clinical development and regulatory approval process.
Digital Patient
Digital service which gives access to child health information is launched
NHS Digital and NHS England have worked with IT suppliers to create the National Events Management Service to allow access to child health information.
Shared Records
First digital framework for allied health professionals sets out three ambitions
The ambitions; digitally ready services; digitally mature services; and data enabled services, provide a “structure to develop a local plan of delivery”.
Interoperability
NHSE to roll out new digital portal to cut delays for care home beds
The tool can be used on any device and takes staff just 30 seconds to upload details of available beds. More than 6,250 care homes have already signed up.
Clinical Software