NHS Digital has announced the appointment of Jo Dickson as its new Chief Nurse. Jo joins NHS Digital from Nuffield Health, where she held the role of Clinical Informatics Director and Chief Clinical Information Officer. Previously she held roles at The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as the Lead Nurse Informatics […]
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Digital midwife develops innovative new maternity emergency system
A midwife at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is developing a new allocation system for use in the event of an emergency on its maternity unit. The digital midwife, Caroline Lacy, is building the system – known as an ‘Emergency Role Allocation (ERA) System’ – to help clinicians declare emergencies and […]
Interview Series: Dr Tamara Everington, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Hampshire Hospitals NHS FT
In our latest interview in the series, we sat down virtually with Dr Tamara Everington, Haematology Consultant and Chief Clinical Information Officer at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Can you give me a brief introduction of your role and background? I’m a Haematology Consultant and my role involves conducting medical […]
Interview Series: Mark Johnson, Chief Information Officer, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
In April, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust announced its plans to start its EPR journey, following a contract agreement with Cerner for its electronic patient record system. HTN sat down, virtually, with Mark Johnson, Chief Information Officer at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust to talk about the work on the […]
Video: Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust talk digital programmes
As part of our HTN Now April 2021 event, we heard from the Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Trust about its digital programmes and strategy. Grace Birch, Associate Director of Information, Management & Technology (IM&T) and Data Protection Officer at GMMH, took the time to present an in-depth webinar stuffed […]
Interview Series: Richard Slater and Laura Mumby of Rotherham NHS FT
Mr Richard Slater, Chief Clinical Information Officer, and Laura Mumby, Head of EPR, recently took time out of a jam-packed digital schedule to chat to HTN about Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust’s latest digital initiatives. The South Yorkshire trust had a lot to update us on, including their EPR choices, tips […]
Interview Series: Andy Callow, Group CDIO at Kettering and Northampton hospitals
As part of our interview series, we recently caught up with Andy Callow, Group Chief Digital Information Officer for Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. Having stepped up to his current role only a few months ago, and his previous one just before the start […]
Going digital: Midwives get electronic record keeping guidance from RCM
Midwives are finally having their digital moment. There has been a welcome wave of digital developments for maternity services and professionals recently, with the latest including electronic record keeping guidance published by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). In the last two weeks alone, HTN has also reported on RCM’s […]
Royal College of Midwives calls for a Digital Midwife in every maternity service
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched a new positioning statement to call for a Digital Midwife in every maternity service in the next 12 months. The trade union, which represents the majority of practising midwives, has called for every trust to recruit or train Digital Midwives to lead […]
Interview Series: Graham Walsh, Consultant and CCIO at Calderdale and Huddersfield FT
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) is widely regarded as digitally mature and well known for embracing the latest tech and innovation. To find out what they’re up to at the moment, and why digital works for them, HTN arranged a chat with Mr Graham Walsh, CHFT’s Chief Clinical […]
