Professor Joe McDonald

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Joe McDonald, former NHS trust medical director, national clinical lead for IT, founder of the Great North Care Record and consultant psychiatrist
6 May 2026

NHS tech investment needs better delivery, not greater urgency

NHS digital investment is being held back not by lack of urgency but by weak delivery on the ground, writes
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Professor Joe McDonald, Dr Rowan Sill and Dr Harpreet Sood
21 February 2025

Senior leaders form an integrated health and care advisory board

The Access Group has established an Integrated Health and Care Advisory Board, with three senior NHS leaders the first to
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20 December 2022

Joe’s View: Out of the darkest Christmas

An annual tradition, this year's Joe McDonald Christmas column looks at Christmas past, present and future regarding NHS pressures, IT
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Joe Christmas Column
21 December 2021

Joe’s View: Merry X-mas, Mr Hancock

In our last column of 2021, Joe McDonalds reflects on Christmases gone by and why Matt Hancock's 'Tech Vision' cannot
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4 May 2021

Joe’s view: Public money, public code

After leaving the NHS in December, Professor Joe McDonald still has the health service on his mind as he looks
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