Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has appointed a new chief clinical information officer (CCIO), with Steve Bush taking up the role from next week.
The trust reports that Steve brings over 20 years of experience as a consultant in emergency medicine at Leeds, with previous roles including medical director for operations and clinical director of emergency and specialty medicine. As senior responsible officer at the trust, he has previously led a number of digital transformation projects including the implementation of an electronic discharge advice note.
Commenting on his appointment, Steve states that he is joining the digital team “at an exciting time” following work to support IT resilience, and adds: “I have a real passion for engaging people so I’m looking forward to bringing together clinical experts with system experts to co-produce improvements and new ways of working.”
NHS workforce in the spotlight
HTN has hosted health tech experts speaking on a variety of subjects through our live event series HTN Now, including a panel on supporting the NHS workforce with digital skills and digital careers; and a a panel on engaging your board and workforce with digital buy-in.
Exploring board papers from NHS England earlier in the year, we noted intention to develop a digital workforce plan to support NHS organisations.
On 19 November, we are hosting a panel discussion focusing on digital workforce education and training, which will see us joined by Dr Hatim Abdulhussein, national clinical lead for AI and digital workforce at NHS England, as well as Geoff Petrie (digital training manager) and David Holland (deputy CCIO for AHPs), both from Leeds Teaching Hospitals.
Previous digital workforce updates covered by HTN have included North West London Acute Provider Collaborative appointing a single CIO across four trusts; and University Hospitals Dorset appointing a chief digital officer.
Also from Leeds
At the end of October HTN explored the new IT strategy spanning 2024-2028 from Leeds Teaching Hospitals, which emphasises digital as a key enabler for efficiency, service improvement and innovation; highlights a need to deliver a digital service offering tech that is secure and easy to use; and features up-to-date and accurate data managed within a “secure, governed framework”.
Previously we reported how the trust partnered with health tech startup Newton’s Tree to deploy the startup’s enterprise AI platform, with the aim of supporting Leeds Teaching Hospitals to “rapidly scale” its ability to evaluate and implement artificial intelligence applications.
And earlier in the year we interviewed Sarah Hanbridge, Leeds’ chief clinical information officer for nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals, about her work developing and launching a clinical digital strategy, creating a benchmarking tool, and more.
