IT experts, clinicians and academics will come together at
the first meeting of the Healthtech Advisory Board today
(19 November 2018) to help guide the government on its
mission to transform technology in the NHS.
The board will look at how the NHS can harness the
potential of technology and create a culture of innovation,
with the aim of improving patient outcomes and reducing the
workload on NHS staff.
The board will report directly to the Secretary of State
for Health and Social Care. Its role will include:
- assisting in policy creation
- challenging decision making
- acting as a sounding board for new ideas
Dr Ben Goldacre will chair the board. He is a clinician,
academic and author who runs the DataLab at the University
of Oxford. Dr Goldacre will be joined by:
- Rachel Dunscombe – CEO of the NHS Digital Academy and
Director of Digital for Salford Royal NHS Group
- Nicole Junkermann – founder of NJF Holdings, an
international finance and investment company
- Manoj Badale – co-founder of Blenheim Chalcot, a
digital venture builder
- David Gann – Professor of Innovation and Technology
Management at Imperial College London
- Sir Mark Walport – Chief Executive of UK Research and
Innovation (UKRI)
-
– Chair of the
Human Tissue Authority
- Roger Taylor – Chair of Centre for Data Ethics and
Innovation
-
CBE – co-founder
and CEO of PUBLIC, a venture capital firm
- Michelle Brennan – company group chair for Johnson
& Johnson Medical Devices Companies
- Dan Sheldon – Head of Digital at Well Pharmacy
- Jeni Tennison – CEO of the Open Data Institute
- Parker Moss – health technology entrepreneur in
residence at F-Prime and Eight Roads
The board will meet every quarter to help guide the
government on its mission to overhaul technology and IT in
health and social care.
Health Secretary said:
I want the UK to have the most advanced HealthTech
ecosystem in the world. That starts with improving the
technology and IT systems in the NHS and creating a
culture of innovation so patients can benefit from
cutting-edge treatments while reducing the workload of
staff.
The new future-focused HealthTech Advisory Board will
bring together tech experts, clinicians and academics to
identify where change needs to happen and be an ideas hub
for how we can improve patient outcomes and to make the
lives of NHS staff easier.
Chair of the board Ben Goldacre said:
I am delighted that has created this board
to inject challenge and diverse expertise around better
use of data, evidence and technology in healthcare.
I hope we can bring positive change for staff and
patients, and realise the Tech Vision with a cutting-edge
21st century NHS. Medicine is driven by information:
better use of data can revolutionise health care.
