HTN Interview Channel

The HTN Interview Channel, sponsored by CCube Solutions, provides a unique perspective from across health and care.

Every day the HTN team speaks with leaders and here we share their programmes and learnings! 

If you are a healthcare leader, future leader, working in any aspect of healthcare, or a supplier or anyone with a passion for health tech, we would love to interview you. Please get in touch by email to press@htn.co.uk 

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Video interview: Sajid Azeb, chief operating officer and deputy chief executive at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT on its Command Centre

Ian Mackenzie interview

Interview: “If you wait for perfection, you will never do anything” Ian Mackenzie, NHS leader

Interview: Benedict Tan, group chief digital strategy officer and chief data officer at SingHealth, Singapore

Interview: Rich Temple, vice president and CIO at Deborah Heart and Lung Center, New Jersey

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Interview: Kumbi Kariwo, Birmingham Community Healthcare, on utilising Isla for inclusive wound care

Interview: Kate Renzenbrink, CCIO at The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne

Martin Sadler

Interview: Martin Sadler, executive director of IT and digital, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust

Louise Croxall

Interview: “There is a wider opportunity around different organisations working together” Louise Croxall, CNIO at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Mark Cubbon

Blog: “Unlocking the insights that our data can provide us is central to our ambition” Mark Cubbon, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

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Interview: “The use of data like this must become part of the day job” David Hammond and Claire Wedge, Wirral Community Health and Care

Cheryl Fenwick Evans

Interview: Cheryl Fenwick Evans on data use within Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand

Ryl Jensen

Interview: “There’s a lot of desire to see digital make a palpable difference to health outcomes in New Zealand” Ryl Jensen, CEO of Digital Health Association

Aaron Miri interview

Interview: “Technology is the central nervous system of a healthcare environment” Aaron Miri, SVP and CDIO at Baptist Health, Florida

Interview: Siuwin Wang, director of business analytics and health information management at Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Canada

Interview: “The key with any innovation is being open to allowing creativity” Kate Warriner, Alder Hey and Liverpool Heart and Chest

Interview: Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas, head of portfolio at NHSE

Interview: “The digital genie is out of the bottle, there’s no going back” Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas, NHSE, on digital education in the NHS

Interview: Joss Palmer, programme director at OneLondon

Interview: “Involving Londoners in our work is absolutely key” Joss Palmer, programme director at OneLondon

Interview: “I think the most important thing is to have that MDT approach and to absolutely have clinical people embedded in your digital teams” – Natalie Hayes, CNIO at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals

Interview with Sonam Vadera, specialty registrar in clinical radiology at University Hospitals of Leicester

Interview: “The multidisciplinary team approach has always been valued in healthcare, but I think it’s never been more important”, Sonam Vadera, speciality registrar in clinical radiology and fellow in clinical AI

Interview: Ian Roddis, director of digital, data and technology at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Interview: “the ICB will give you the ability to build design squads, and user researchers that work across the ICB” Ian Roddis, director of digital, data and technology at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

We recently caught up with Helen Atherton, professor in primary care research at the University of Southampton, to talk about her research findings and insights into digital in primary care.

Interview: “What’s come out in all of the research that I’ve done is the convenience factor” Helen Atherton, professor of primary care research at the University of Southampton

Inderpal Kohli

Interview: “The impact starts with small transformations” Inderpal Kohli, VP and CIO at Englewood Hospital, New Jersey

Stephen Bromhall

Interview: “Transformation is people, process and technology” Stephen Bromhall, CDIO at East of England Ambulance Service

“We are seeing general practice telephone queue times halving within six months” Max Gattlin and Sharon Hanley of Hanley Consulting

Interview: “To be able to predict and understand where we’ll get the best impact for people is gold” Deborah El-Sayed, director of transformation and CDIO at BNSSG ICB

Jessie Dhaliwal

Interview: “A digital nurse is still a nurse at heart” Jessie Dhaliwal, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Victoria Betton

Interview: Victoria Betton, PeopleDotCom, on the importance of people-centred design for digital transformation

Interview: Doron Dreyer, Cynerio, on the opportunities and challenges of cyber security in the NHS

Interview: “It’s about opening up opportunities to get to the grassroots and bring people on that journey with us” Sarah Hanbridge, CCIO at Leeds Teaching Hospitals

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Featured interview: “We don’t believe there is such a thing as digital or physical healthcare; it’s just healthcare” Kalle Conneryd Lundgren, COO at Livi

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Featured interview: Luscii and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust on virtual wards for acute settings

Osman Bhatti

Interview: “We need to push for more collaborative working” Dr Osman Bhatti, GP and CCIO at North East London ICB

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals has published its annual plan for 2024/25, highlighting its upcoming EPR.

Feature: “Systems are changing all the time”, BridgeHead Software’s John McCann on tackling legacy systems

Ricardo Baptista Leite

Interview: “Machine learning can help us re-conquer compassion and humanisation of healthcare” Ricardo Baptista Leite, HealthAI and UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health

Interview: Eleanor Rollason and Chris Tack, Channel 3 Consulting; How NHS organisations and ICSs can better deliver value through digital

Raj Kumar interview

Interview: “It’s time we brought IT innovation into the NHS”, GP and NHSE deputy chief medical information officer Dr Rajkumar A Shanmugam

Interview: “Involve everybody”, Clare Gallagher, project manager for social prescribing, Digital First at NHS North West London ICB

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Digital IT Strategy highlights digitally empowered workforce, "proactive" digital service, reliable infrastructure, innovation culture, and data as a "strategic asset"

Mid and South Essex NHS FT chief exec Matthew Hopkins on implementing a system-wide EPR, investing in foundational tech, and more

Aislinn Gannon

Interview: “A big focus has been around creating and embedding a digital culture of change” Aislinn Gannon, Ireland’s Health Service Executive

Sarah Andersen interview

Interview: Sarah Andersen, GP, on digital in primary care and sustainable digital transformation

Panel: Using data for proactive care “how we plan, what we prioritise, and creating the right solutions”

Interview: Keltie Jamieson, CIO at Bermuda Hospitals Board

Ceire Costelloe and Lisa Scerri

Interview: Ceire Costelloe and Lisa Scerri on using health data to improve cancer outcomes at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

HTN Now: Misbah Mahmood, deputy chief midwifery information officer, on the digital maternity journey at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Cara Afzal, programme director for data and digital at Health Innovation Manchester

Interview: “No-one’s got a magic formula, but what we do have is learning” Cara Afzal, Health Innovation Manchester

William Monaghan, executive chief digital information officer at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Interview: “You need people with broad experiences to lead digital agendas” William Monaghan, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NFT

Interview: “It’s up to ICBs to prioritise community services and make the digital funding that they need available” David Williams, NHS Providers

Martin Dechant interview

“Digital mental health will be most successful when there’s good interplay between practitioners and academics” – Dr Martin Dechant on research in digital in mental health

“At the heart of Keystream’s approach is our gold-standard ethos” – James Quirke on the importance of preparedness and onboarding in EPR implementation

“It was one of the smoothest go-lives I’ve been party to” David Newey on Royal Marsden’s EPR journey and the markers of successful digital innovation

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has published its Data Strategy Strategic Themes.

Thought leadership: Altera on patient flow, supporting hospital efficiencies and planning demand and capacity

Moray health data pilot project focuses on citizen data ownership and a proactive approach to early intervention in North East Scotland.

“It’s not about installing technology, it’s about asking what improvements we can make” Gary Mooney of InterSystems on EPMA

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Interview: “Learn to be their partner, not their supplier” – Vijay Magon on his experience over decades of working on digital health solutions

Interview: “Having passion, energy and enthusiasm goes a long way” Channel 3 Consulting discuss EPR journeys and digital transformation

Preeti Sud

“It’s about how can we make an intentional, positive impact on the health of the population” Preeti Sud, director of strategy and innovation at Mid and South Essex NHS

“I’m excited for the level of patient empowerment that I expect to see in the next three to five years” Adam Lavington, director of digital transformation at Herts and West Essex ICB

“All of those stars are aligning to make this the right time to solve this challenge” John Kosobucki of OX.DH on providing a secure, integrated and intuitive solution

“Curiosity has taken me a long way in life” Interview: Lorna Allan, CDIO, Northern Care Alliance NHS FT

Interview: Paul Rice, CDIO, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT and Airedale NHS FT

“Should we even be talking about interoperability anymore?” James Davis, CEO at inicio health