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The register of interests for NHS Digital's board members is only available by written request. It doesn't publish it on its website like most normal government bodies.<ref>[http://content.digital.nhs.uk/lists Lists and registers], NHS Digital website, accessed June 2017</ref>
 
The register of interests for NHS Digital's board members is only available by written request. It doesn't publish it on its website like most normal government bodies.<ref>[http://content.digital.nhs.uk/lists Lists and registers], NHS Digital website, accessed June 2017</ref>
 
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*[[Noel Gordon]], Chair; former economist and banker, Gordon spent the previous 16 years with consultancy [[Accenture]]. He is described as having 'extensive practical experience of driving fundamental innovations in transforming industries, and of big data, analytics, mobile and digital technologies.' Gordon is also Chair of [[Healthcare UK]]'s Advisory Board (Healthcare UK is a joint initiative of the Department of Health (DH), UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and NHS England to drive UK health exports). He is a member of the [[Life Sciences Industrial Strategy Board]] of the [[Department of Health]], a non-executive director of the [[Payments Systems Regulator]], and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the [[University of Warwick]].
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*[[Noel Gordon]], Chair; described as having spent most of his career in the banking industry, Gordon spent the previous 16 years with consultancy [[Accenture]] where he ran the global banking practice; he is still a shareholder in [[Accenture]]. He is described as having 'extensive practical experience of driving fundamental innovations in transforming industries, and of big data, analytics, mobile and digital technologies.' He is currently a senior advisor to consultancy [[Aleron]], which provides consultancy services to the health tech sector (among others).<ref>[http://www.aleron.org/our-sectors-2/ Our Sectors], Aleron website, accessed July 2017</ref> Gordon is also a non executive director of [[NHS England]] and chair of [[Healthcare UK]]'s Advisory Board (Healthcare UK is a joint initiative of the [[Department of Health]], [[UK Trade and Investment]] (UKTI) and [[NHS England]] to drive UK health exports). He is a member of the [[Life Sciences Industrial Strategy Board]] of the [[Department of Health]], a non-executive director of the [[Payments Systems Regulator]], and chair of [[Uservoice.org]]. He is also a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the [[University of Warwick]] and a member of the development of [[Age UK]].  
 
*Dr [[Sarah Blackburn]], CEO of a network of consultants called the [[Wayside Network]]. Blackburn also serves on the board of the [[Institute of Internal Auditors Global]] (IIA Global).
 
*Dr [[Sarah Blackburn]], CEO of a network of consultants called the [[Wayside Network]]. Blackburn also serves on the board of the [[Institute of Internal Auditors Global]] (IIA Global).
 
*[[Ian Andrews]], former  second permanent secretary at the [[Ministry of Defence]], interested in cyber security.
 
*[[Ian Andrews]], former  second permanent secretary at the [[Ministry of Defence]], interested in cyber security.

Revision as of 22:57, 10 July 2017

NHS Digital is the national provider of information, data and IT systems in the National Health Service.

It is a is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health.

It was formerly known as the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), which was set up in 2013. It was rebranded 'NHS Digital: Information and technology for better health and care’ in August 2016 to 'build public recognition, confidence and trust'.[1]

It has an operating budget of £250 million and a team of 2,500 staff.

Purpose

NHS Digital's statutory duties include:

  • collecting and publishing health and care information
  • providing national technology for health and care services
  • producing information standards
  • improving the quality of health and care information and data
  • publishing national indicators for health and care
  • giving advice and support to health and care organisations on information and cyber security
  • providing the Information Governance Toolkit for care organisations to assess how well they are handling information and data

People

Leadership

The register of interests for NHS Digital's board members is only available by written request. It doesn't publish it on its website like most normal government bodies.[2]

Board of Directors

Ex officio members

Others

Other members of the Executive Management Team (may attend the Board at the discretion of the Chair):

  • Tom Denwood, Director of Provider Support and Integration
  • James Hawkins, Director of Programmes
  • Sean Walsh, Interim Director of Operations & Assurance Services and Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO)[5]


Contact

Website:https://digital.nhs.uk

Notes

  1. changing its name to NHS Digital, DH press release, April 2016
  2. Lists and registers, NHS Digital website, accessed June 2017
  3. Our Sectors, Aleron website, accessed July 2017
  4. Daniel Benton, Linkedin profile, accessed June 2017
  5. Our Governance, NHS Digital website, accessed June 2017