Wachter Review

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19 September 2024

Exclusive: NHSE national CCIO and CNIO appointments confirmed

Dr Alec Price-Forbes has been appointed as the national CCIO and Helen Balsdon as the national CNIO, Digital Health News
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3 November 2023

Wachter: NHS needs ‘new central investment’ to achieve digital maturity

Professor Bob Wachter believes the NHS requires ‘a new central investment’ to achieve digital maturity and realise the potential of
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26 April 2019

‘Biggest obstacle’ in digitising healthcare is privacy, Wachter warns

Digitising healthcare was “essential” but it will be “incredibly hard” to take advantage of the digital revolution if data can’t
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Addressing the GDE hyperbole
1 November 2018

GDE hyperbole risks hobbling NHS IT plans

It's two years since the GDE programme was launched. But Jon Hoeksma argues its overblown language conceals a relatively small
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House of commons
26 April 2017

NHS IT may be a loser from snap general election

The decision to hold a snap general election may further delay efforts to digitise health and care services, argues Digital
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21 March 2017

NHS Digital Academy to train 300 CCIOs and CIOs

NHS England is hoping to train 300 NHS staff to become “digital leaders” by 2021 by running them through 12-month
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20 December 2016

Six NHS mental health exemplars to get £5m each

A second wave of six digital exemplar trusts is coming, this time for mental health but with less central funding.
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14 December 2016

Joe’s view: of a £40 million present for the NHS to open

When he was three, Joe McDonald wanted a Johnny Seven one man army, the very latest thing from New Jersey.
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28 November 2016

Ewan Davis: time to be brave, minister

Ewan Davis has been using a holiday to India to reflect on the state of healthcare IT; and he reckons
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2 November 2016

Updated Newcastle Declaration to ‘bake in’ interoperability

The CCIO Network, the national best practice community of NHS clinical informatics leaders, has updated its 2015 Newcastle Declaration on
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