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6 February 2026

Movers and Shakers news roundup

This roundup features two big departures from NHS England and the appointment of a chief executive of the Health Data
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Sonia Patel, chief technology officer at NHS England, speaking at HETT 2025
26 January 2026

Sonia Patel to step down as NHS England CTO

Sonia Patel, chief technology officer for NHS England, is leaving to take up the role of interim government CTO for
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Sonia Patel, chief technology officer at NHS England, speaking at HETT 2025
15 October 2025

Sonia Patel: ‘We need a stronger digital workforce pipeline’

Sonia Patel, CTO at NHS England, has called for a "stronger digital workforce pipeline" to support the delivery of the
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6 March 2025

Sonia Patel among final Rewired 2025 keynotes announced

Sonia Patel, chief technology officer at NHS England, is one of the final Digital Health Rewired 2025 keynote speakers to
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10 May 2023

King’s Fund speakers: NHS innovators must feel free to experiment and fail

Digital transformation of the health service will only be successful if innovators feel free to experiment and payors are realistic
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27 September 2022

Health Education England CEO discusses digital workforce issues

A session at Healthcare Excellence Through Technology (HETT) show was focused on ‘using digital to tackle the workforce crisis and
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First Summer School Keynotes
13 April 2022

Simon Bolton and Sonia Patel to join Digital Health Summer Schools 2022

Two senior national CIOs will be unpacking the national agenda of levelling-up and more at Digital Health Summer Schools 2022.
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NHS team at Autumn Leadership Summit
7 October 2021

ICSs expected to deliver ‘fully costed digital plan by March 2022’

Speaking at Digital Health’s Autumn Leadership Summit, Sonia Patel outlined the next steps of the What Good Looks Like framework
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31 August 2021

NHSX publishes anticipated ‘What Good Looks Like’ guidance

The ‘What Good Looks Like’ framework sets out a “clear north star” for digital success in NHS systems and organisations
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7 April 2021

Digital Aspirant St Helens and Knowsley fast-tracks digital transformation

Digital Aspirant funding was used to improve St Helens and Knowsley's digital maturity using modules in the trust’s System C
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