Tara Donnelly calls for digital health solutions to be accessible for all
As digital services in the NHS are becoming increasingly popular, it’s vital they are user friendly, Donnelly told a conference at The King’s Fund.
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Hancock’s chief tech adviser visits GDE site to hear about digital initiatives
Hadley Beeman visited University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) to discuss progress being made as part of the digital programme.
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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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Suggestion NHSX will be funded by NHS Digital restructure is withdrawn
NHSX launched in shadow form in early April, along with a new website outlining what the organisation is and what it will do.
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Matthew Gould confirmed as new CEO of NHSX by DHSC
The government digital policy chief will join NHSX in the summer and will have strategic responsibility for setting the national direction on technology.
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Hancock’s chief tech advisor says NHS Digital’s future is solid
Hadley Beeman, who was appointed by the health and social care secretary in August 2018, said NHS Digital is still of “value to the NHS”, adding “it’s not going anywhere”.
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Hancock says the ‘tide of technology should be embraced’
The health secretary also said NHSX will be “a brand new, specialist bridge between the worlds of healthcare and technology”.
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Will this new openness to open source heed past lessons?
NHSX has listed open source as one of its priorities. For Ewan Davis, there is a keen sense of déjà vu – and a desperate desire for the many lessons of the past to be heeded.
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EXC: Hancock to reveal NHSX ‘will be the bridge between tech and health’
Speaking later today in London, the health secretary is expected to set out his vision for the newest addition to the NHS family.
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