Simon Bolton to replace Sarah Wilkinson as interim chief of NHS Digital
In March Sarah Wilkinson announced she was stepping down as chief executive of NHS Digital. She said it had been a “privilege” to work for the organisation.
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Sarah Wilkinson to step down as NHS Digital chief executive
Sarah Wilkinson is to step down as chief executive of NHS Digital after four years. Wilkinson will leave her role in the summer this year.
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Rewired 2021: NHS Digital CEO shares her Covid-19 lessons
The CEO of NHS Digital has shared what lessons the organisation has learnt over the last year as it dealt with the coronavirus pandemic.
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Sarah Wilkinson named most influential person in UK IT
NHS Digital’s chief executive Sarah Wilkinson has led a team on a large programme of work throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Digital innovation must be ‘at heart’ of healthcare reform
Public Policy Projects called on the government to use digital innovation to better enable collaboration across the NHS and social care.
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NHS Digital CEO named as one of the Global Top 100 Data Visionaries
Sarah Wilkinson has been named as one of the Global Top 100 Data Visionaries by HotTopics for the work she overseen at NHS Digital during Covid-19.
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NHS Digital CEO says healthcare tech is ‘here to stay’ after Covid-19
Sarah Wilkinson has said some healthcare technology which has been rolled out at scale in response to the Covid-19 outbreak is “here to stay”.
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NHS bosses meet with tech giants to discuss commercial patient database
A secretive meeting, held on 24 October, saw discussions around collecting patient data to improve healthcare services and potentially profit from it.
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Hancock’s ‘tech revolution’ to include mandatory open standards
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has published his plans for the use of digital in health and social care.
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NHS Digital CEO says healthcare is ‘entering the self-service era’
Sarah Wilkinson also praised health and social care secretary Matt Hancock during her keynote speech at the UK Health Show, saying he ‘gets standards’.
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