HTN is delighted to announce a further group of confirmed judges to support the Health Tech Awards 2021.

The expert judging panel this year includes professionals from NHS England, Health Education England, to Whittington Health NHS Trust, Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital. We welcome a range of professions to help review and score the categories in the awards, ahead of announcing the finalists on 3 September 2021 and the winners on 7 October 2021.

We wanted to bring together a wide group of people from different organisations, healthcare settings, and professions and backgrounds. The judges joining us include:

  • Adaeze Bradshaw, Consultant Psychiatriast, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
  • Adam Igra, Innovation Programme Director, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
  • Aisling Diamond, Deputy Medical Director, Southern Health & Social Care Trust
  • Alex Wielochowski, Associate Director of Advanced Analytics, NHS – AGEM Commissioning Support Unit
  • Alexandra Leach,  Deputy Director for Innovation and Growth,  West of England AHSN
  • Alison Horner Le Riche, Library and Knowledge Services Manager, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
  • Alison Paul, Knowledge Service Manager, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Andy Cairns, Commercial Programme Manager, Innovation Agency
  • Andy Webster, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Anna Bunch, Digital Medicine Programme Lead, Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust
  • Arlene Wellman, Chief Nurse, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Ashish Singal, Consultant Emergency Department, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
  • Bahman Nedjat-Shokouhi, Gastroenterology, Whittington Health NHS Trust
  • Becca Randell, Kent Surrey and Sussex ARC and AHSN Children’s Mental Health Implementation Lead
  • Ben Panton, Programme Manager, Digital Transformation, SCW
  • Benn Gooch, GP Partner and Topol Digital Fellow, The Manor Surgery and Health Education England
  • Carl Brookes, Consultant Physician and Cardiologist/Medical Director for Professional Development, Hampshire Hospitals NHS FT
  • Carol Gosling, Matron, University Hospital Southampton
  • Caroline Palmer, Clinical Lead, Digital Development, ChatHealth, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
  • Chandni Khanderia, Lead EPMA Pharmacist, Whittington Health
  • Charles Gutteridge, CCIO, Barts Health NHS Trust
  • Charles Hanford, National Estates & Facilities Specialist, NHSEI
  • Charlotte Hill, Medical Directorate Programme Lead, Walsall Healthcare NHS Hospital
  • Claire Parker, Head of Digital Hampshire & Isle of Wight (CCG)
  • Craig Tucker, Therapy Lead for Stroke and Neuromedicine, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
  • Dail Maudsley-Noble, Senior Communications Manager, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dan Rennie-Hale, Director of Quality, Croydon Health Services
  • David Kwo, EPR Consultant and Researcher
  • David Newey, Deputy CIO, Royal Marsden
  • Deborah Needham, CEO, Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Deborah Wheeler, Non Executive Director, East London NHS Foundation Trust
  • Denis Vaughan, Occupational Health Operations Manager, University Hospital Southampton NHS FT
  • Dimitri Varsamis, Senior Policy Lead for digital primary care, NHSE/I
  • Dominic Fox, Senior Project Manager, Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire CCG
  • Doug Howe, Associate Director of Technology, Cambridge University Hospitals
  • Fiona Reid, Director of Communications, Somerset NHS FT
  • Grace Birch, CIO, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • Gurkaran Samra, AMU Consultant, Clinical Informatician, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Guy Dentith, Deputy Finance Director, East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust
  • Guy Rooney, Medical Director, Oxford AHSN
  • Guy Sisson, Consultant Physician, Trust CSO, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
  • Haniff Abdullah, Doctor in Psychiatry & Mental Health, International Association for Disaster Mental Health
  • Heather Cook, Chair or NYHDIF (Northern Yorkshire and Humber Directors of Informatics Forum – NHS) and Assoc Director for Digital Services, Mid Yorkshire hospitals NHS Trust
  • Helen Tait, Director of Integrated Care, Circle Health Group
  • Hina Lad, Architect- Healthcare Planner, Imperial College Healthcare Trust NHS
  • James Gough, Head of Quality Imrpovement, Welsh Ambulance Service, Welsh Ambulance Servie NHS Trust
  • Jan Ingle, Deputy Director of Communications and Engagement, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
  • Jason Bradley, CIO, Liverpool Hospitals
  • Jenny  Thomas, Director, DigitalHealth.London
  • Jo Kelso, Head of Workforce Transformation, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust
  • Joana Franca, Clinical IT Facilitator, University Hospitals of Leicester
  • Joanne Hew, ST4 Psychiatrist, East London Foundation Trust
  • John Machin, Non Executive Director, CSH Surrey
  • Jonathan Behar, Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist, Royal Brompton Hospital
  • Julian Walker,  R&D Director and Consultant Forensic, Clinical Psychologist, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
  • Katherine Ogilvie, User Centred Design Lead, NHS Resolution
  • Katie Webb, eHospital digital team leader – communications & engagement, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Katya Masconi-Yule, Programme Manager, DigitalHealth.London
  • Konrad Dobschuetz, Head of Digital Innovation, BIOME and Customer Solutions Novartis
  • Liz Capp-Gray, Head of Category – Digital, NHS England and NHS Improvement
  • Majid Kazmi, Chief of Cancer Services, Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Trust
  • Marcus Baw, Director, Baw Medical Ltd. Lead Developer, RCPCH Digital Charts, Chair of RCGP Health Informatics Group, Freelance Healthcare Software Developer
  • Mark Lepine-Williams, Assistant Services Manager, Frimley Health NHS Foundation trust
  • Martin Cohn, Foundation Year 2, Hillingdon Hospital
  • Melanie Ince, Applications Manager, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
  • Michelle Webster, CCIO, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
  • Mike Watson, Digital Lead, East Midlands Academic Health Science Network
  • Morgan Thanigasalam, Clinical Lead for Digital Innovation and Transformation, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Mouli Doddi, Consultant in ENT, Royal Glamorgan Hospital
  • Niamh McKenna, CIO, NHS Resolution
  • Nicholas Hawkes, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of Service, Beds and Luton Adult Community Eating Disorder Service, ELFT NHS Trust
  • Nick O’Reilly, Chief Technology Officer, NHS Business Services Authority
  • Nick Oligbo, Consultant Obstetrician and Gyneacologist,  James Paget University Hospital NHS Trust
  • Owen O’Sullivan, Fellow in Medical Education  Maudsley Simulation, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
  • Paul Charnley, Digital Lead, Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership
  • Peter Thomas, Director of Digital Innovation, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS FT
  • Philip Kenney, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Portsmouth Hospitals University Hospital
  • Prof Inderjit,  Singh Chief Pharmacist, University Hospitals Birmingham
  • Professor Michael Brown, Chair, Wirral Community Health and Care NHS FT
  • Ramandeep Kaur, EPMA Lead Pharmacist, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Rebekah Davies, Digital Implementation Manager, NHS E & I
  • Richard Cullen, SRO Digital Workstream,  South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ICS
  • Rishi Das-Gupta, Chief Executive, Health Innovation Network
  • Rosie Scott, Consultant Radiologist, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Roxana Bianca, Pop Administration Manager, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Ruby Bhatti OBE, Public Contributor for NIHR, BIHR, Bradford University
  • Russell Ashworth, Resuscitation Officer, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
  • Sarah Hammond, Associate CIO – Business Intelligence, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Sebastian Hendricks, Consultant, Great Ormond Street Hospital
  • Senai Jimenez, Head of ICT Programmes and Projects, King’s College Hospital
  • Shaista Meraj, Consultant Radiologist, Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Sharon Burgin, IT Service Manager, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Laboratory IT Lead South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ICS
  • Shauna McMahon, Chief Information Officer, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Sherezade Ruano, CEO, RhythmiaBreath / Arrhythmia Specialist – Imperial College NHS Foundation Trust
  • Siân Rees, Director Community Involvement and Workforce Innovation, Oxford AHSN
  • Sian Trew, Director of Communications and Engagement, AHSN Network
  • Siten Roy, Director of Surgical Services, NHS
  • Stephen Sutcliffe, Director of Finance & Accounting, NHS Shared Business Services
  • Subtan Mahmood, Internal Communications and Engagement Manager, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Sue Symington, Chair, York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Suvir Venkataraman, General Manager, Harley Street Fertility Clinic
  • Syed Arfeen, Innovation Investment Strategy, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (USA)
  • Tashfeen Kholasi, CCIO/ Dentist /Clinical Safety Officer in Health IT NHS
  • Thanuya Mampilly, Practice Manager,  Fryerns Medical centre
  • Tharshini Ramalingam, Cardio-oncology, GPSI Royal Brompton Hospital
  • Tracey Eyre, Programme Lead Digital Readiness – Nursing, Health Education England
  • Tracy McLean, Head Of CYPM Norfolk and Waveney CCG
  • Varsha Dodhia, Service Improvement Manager,  CNWL Foundation Trust

To find out more, visit our awards webpage here. 

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