Summer Schools Blog

Diana Kennedy, chief technology officer of Bupa and Professor Maureen Baker, chair of the PRSB, have been confirmed as keynote speakers for Virtual Summer School 2021 Diana, who has held several IT leadership roles for major brands including BP and British Gas, will discuss how building the digital foundations at Bupa will help accelerate the
Dame Clare Gerada, the former chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners and senior partner at digital pioneers the Hurley Group practices, is the latest high-profile speaker confirmed for Summer Schools 2021. One of the UK’s best-known GP leaders, Dr Gerada will speak about the tensions inherent in leading the rapid digital transformation of primary
NHSX’s digital dream team of Dr Simon Eccles, Dr Natasha Phillips and Sonia Patel have all been confirmed as speakers for the Virtual Summer School 2021, 15-16 July. Sonia, Natasha and Simon will each host dedicated workshops exploring the evolving challenges of digital leadership in the NHS and the continued development of local leaders in
The Digital Health Summer Schools 2021, 15-16 July will take the pulse of what it means to be an effective digital leader working in the fast-changing NHS, following 18-months of Covid-19. The programme will provide CCIO, CIO and CNIO network members the opportunity to network and reflect what it means to lead on digital, explore
Inspirational speakers; patient advocate, surgeon, and breast cancer survivor Liz O’Riordan and Professor Mary Dixon-Wood of THIS, Cambridge University, have been announced as the opening keynotes for the Digital Health Networks Virtual Summer School 2021, 15-16 July. Their focus will be how digital tools are enabling radical redesign of health and care services to put
  • Digital Health Virtual Summer School
To get the most out of the forthcoming Virtual Summer School , we are asking all attendees to log on to our virtual platform and familiarise themselves with the features at least one week before the event. Log on now to: Organise your agenda across the two days Edit or update your profile Discover all
Virtual Summer School is set to finish with a bang on day two, Friday 24 July, with two new amazing afternoon keynotes added to the programme. Dr Ben Goldacre MBE, renowned journalist, author and government advisor on better uses of data and technology is joined by Prof Liam Smeeth, professor of clinical epidemiology, The London
  • Digital Health Virtual Summer School full programme is now live
The full programme for Virtual Summer Schools 2020 has been published with the event just over three weeks away on 23-24 July. The Covid-19 crisis meant it was impossible to hold the regular Summer Schools this year, so we’ve used the need to go virtual as an opportunity to build a great programme focused on UK and
  • International Keynotes Confirmed forVirtual Summer School
Get ready to set your alarm clock for an early start on 24 July when the Virtual Summer School starts with two unmissable international tracks. Professor Keith McNeil and Shayne Hunter will keynote Virtual Summer School tracks on how Australia and New Zealand have used digital and data to respond to Covid-19. Australia Keynote New Zealand Keynote
  • Digital Health Virtual Summer School
We’ve added three high-profile digital health leaders to the Virtual Summer Schools programme who will share lessons on digital responses to Covid-19, and explore what comes next. New speakers confirmed: Join us on 23-24 July to hear from new NHSX CNIO Natasha Phillips who will share how nursing informatics has coped during the pandemic and