Voting opens for the CCIO and Health CIO Advisory Panel elections

Voting has begun in the elections for the CCIO and Health CIO Advisory Panels.

The Advisory Panel elections are open to all members of the CCIO and Health CIO Networks, providing the opportunity to select the 12 Advisory Panel members who will represent the networks for the next two years.

The online ballot will run from 23 June to 13.00 on 30 June.

All members of the networks have today been sent a personalised voting email links to a voting website with details of all the candidates and their mini-manifestos.

The 17 candidates for the 12 CCIO Advisory Panel positions are:

• Dr Marcus Baw, GP hacktivist
• Dr Joe McDonald, CCIO Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS FT
• Andrew Carr, emergency nurse practitioner, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT
• Dr James Reed, CCIO Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS FT
• Professor Jonathan Kay, Farr Institute
• Dr Nick Booth, CIO, Great Northern Care Record
• Dr Rhidian Bramley, Radiology Clinical Director and CCIO, The Christie FT
• Yvonne Goff, CCIO at HSE eHealth Ireland
• Dr Masood Nazir, National Clinical Lead Digital Transformation of General Practice, NHS England
• Dr David Gaunt, CCIO, West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Jack Barker, CCIO Kings College Hospital NHS FT
• Dr Michael Fisher, CCIO Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS FT
• Dr Johan Waktare, consultant cardiologist Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS FT
• Fiona McDonald, Clinical Advisor and Digital Clinical Champion, NHS England
• Dr Dermot O’Riordan, CCIO and Medical Director, West Suffolk NHS FT
• Dr Martin Wilson, CCIO, Walton Centre NHS FT
• Dr Phil Koczan, CCIO, PRSB

The 17 candidates for the 12 Health CIO Advisory Panel positions are:

• Christine Walters, director of informatics at St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Lisa Emery, CIO at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
• Rachel Dunscombe, CIO, Salford Royal NHS FT
• David Wall, CIO Tallaght Hospital, Dublin
• Andy Kinnear, director of digital transformation at NHS South, Central and West CSU
• Nick Hopkinson, CIO, Devon Partnership NHS Trust
• Luke Readman, CIO at Waltham Forest, Newham & Tower Hamlets CCGs
• Mark Thomas, director of informatics, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust
• Darren McKenna, director of Informatics, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS FT
• Shauna McMahon, CIO, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
• Philip Graham, digital programme lead, Lancashire and South Cumbria STP
• Catherine Dampney, CIO, NHS South, Central and West CSU
• Toby Avery, CIO, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• Adrian Byrne, Director of Informatics at University Hospitals Southampton NHS FT
• Joanna Smith, CIO, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS FT
• Andy Hadley, head of IT development at NHS Dorset CCG
• Richard Corbridge, CIO, HSE Ireland

There are currently over 450 members of the fast-growing CCIO network of clinical IT leaders, established five years ago following a successful campaign for the creation of the role in the UK and appointment of CCIOs.

The sister Health CIO network, for NHS CIOs, IT Directors and other leaders, has rapidly grown to over 600 members.

The two networks, which increasingly work together, are focused on collaboration, best practice exchange, networking and sharing knowledge and experience through events and a thriving online community.   Key networking activities include best practice webinars, regional best practice meetings; and the annual Summer Schools.

The annual Summer Schools will be held in parallel at University of Manchester, 13-14 July, and be followed by the first joint Summer Schools NHS Hackday.

Recent work has focused on responses to cyber threats, information governance of shared records, campaigning for usability to be given greater priority and carrying out research that directly supported the Wachter Review.

Membership of the networks is open to all NHS CCIOs and CIOs, and similarly senior digital leaders  For details on how to apply email jon@digitalhealth.net