Will Smart: The NHS has proven it can do digital well
Former NHS England CIO Will Smart discusses IT leadership changes, learning from WannaCry and the future of the GDE and LHCRE programmes in an exclusive exit interview for Digital Health News.
Health CIO
‘Jury out’ on NHSX, says head of BCS Health and Care
Kinnear said the picture at the centre was already confused with multiple organisations, with the addition of NHSX muddling this further.
News 3
McDonald calls for greater honesty and culture change on NHS IT
Joe McDonald said key lessons from NPfIT had not been learned and it remained difficult for local NHS IT leaders to have honest conversations with the centre.
CCIO Network 9
Narrow HSSF ‘risks locking buyers into inflexible and expensive solutions’
Robert Tysall-Blay, chief executive of WellSky, said industry leaders feared Lot 1 of the framework was “too narrow and focussed on certain suppliers”.
Clinical Software
Cheshire CCGs receive approval to merge in April 2020
NHS Eastern Cheshire, NHS South Cheshire, NHS Vale Royal and NHS West Cheshire will become the first CCGs in Cheshire and Merseyside to merge.
News
Screening IT systems ‘unsafe’ and require ‘urgent’ upgrades, review finds
Current IT systems “cannot support the safe running of screening programmes”, Professor Sir Mike Richards found in his review of screening programmes.
Clinical Software
New online platform promotes mental health self-care
The platform offers expert mental health advice and practical tips as well as a quiz which provides a personalised action plan with self-care actions.
Digital Patient
More than 100,000 women access records through digital maternity tools
NHS England committed to ensuring digital services replaced clunky paper notes when the Long Term Plan was published in January.
Digital Patient
NHSE publishes toolkit for implementing online GP consultations
The document suggests there’s no “one size fits all” approach to implementing online consultations and encourages practices to learn from each other.
Digital Patient
