COMPANY AND TRUST NEWS
Survey reveals pressures on NHS IT managers
More than half of IT directors in the NHS say that senior management in their organisations do not understand how IT can be used to transform patient care.
In a survey of 100 IT directors, 54% had such concerns, while 87% said they were under pressure to cut costs as part of the £20bn efficiency challenge, 61% said they lacked IT strategy and planning skills in their departments, and only 41%
Appointments
• Ian Cumming, the National Director for Quality and a former PCT and SHA chief executive, has been confirmed as the first chief executive of Health Education England (HEE), which will provide national leadership to the new system of education and training in healthcare.
• Professor Jonathan Montgomery, professor of healthcare law at the University of Southampton, who chairs both the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and Hampshire PCT, has been appointed chairman of the Health Research Authority (HRA).
• Dame Philippa Russell has been re-appointed chair of the Standing Commission on Carers.
• Lord Adebowale, Margaret Casely-Hayford, Dame Moira Gibb and Naguib Kheraj have been confirmed as four new non- executive directors of the NHS Commissioning Board.
• Lord Bernard Ribeiro, a former president of the Royal College of Surgeons and a pioneer of keyhole surgery, is the new chair of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel, which advises the health secretary on contested proposals for changes to local health services
in England.
• McKesson UK has appointed Paul Richards as the MD and COO designate for its Acute Business Unit, focusing on electronic patient records, patients administration systems, maternity products and the company’s bed management solution.
• The Right Reverend Dr Lee Rayfield, Bishop of Swindon, has been appointed as a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
• Heather Lawrence has been made a non-executive director at Monitor. She was formerly chief executive of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS FT.
• The Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals (AHCP) has appointed its new president – Andrew Jones, director of allied clinical and facilities services at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS FT.
• Andrew Blakeman, Della Burnside and Dr Christine Costello have been re- appointed as non-executive directors of NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT).
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felt their organisation had a clear strategic vision and roadmap for IT.
The majority of respondents said the end of the National Programme for IT was a good thing, but most said they needed more resources to cope with the increased workload associated with handling more IT locally.
More than half, 56%, said the concept of a single patient view, where all data on a patient is
held centrally and shared, is “not a realistic
or achievable
objective”. Adam Kamruddin, head of healthcare at 2e2, which conducted the survey, said: “IT can and should become a vital part of providing healthcare in the 21st century. Evidently this will require investment and 71% believe that their current IT infrastructure isn’t capable of supporting those objectives. Yet pairing this with the need to cut costs makes for a tricky balancing act.”
NHS TDA up and running
The new NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), whose mission is to oversee non-foundation trust NHS organisations and help them on their way to achieve the status, has appointed its top team.
It has oversight of 103 NHS organisations that provide services ranging from acute hospital-based care through to community mental health services.
The director appointments to the new team are:
• Chief Executive – David Flory CBE
• Medical Director – Kathy McLean • Director of Nursing – Peter Blythin • Director of Development & Delivery – Stephen Dunn • Director of Development & Delivery – Dale Bywater • Director of Development & Delivery – Alwen Williams CBE • Director of Finance – Bob Alexander • Director of Strategy – Ralph Coulbeck • Director of
Communications – Rob Checketts
Flory said: “Each
NHS organisation has their own unique set of challenges and ambitions for the future, but the NHS TDA will have one core purpose: to support those trusts to deliver sustainable, high quality services for the patients and the communities they serve.
“The team I’ve put together to lead the NHS TDA brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to provide tailor-made support for each and every NHS trust.
“This is a challenging journey we’re embarking on, but it’s also an exciting one, because the aspiration of delivering sustainable, high quality health services in every part of the NHS will make a real and lasting difference to the lives of patients who rely on NHS Trusts for their care.”
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