NHS Digital Health 2024

Faris is an innovative GP Partner at St Wulfstan Surgery and PCN Clinical Director at Warwickshire East PCN. He has successfully innovated clinical pathways at PCN level through the implementation of digital technology, and now also consults with HealthTech firms looking to support the NHS

As Programme Director, Sara leads the DigitalHealth.London team, overseeing the organisation’s long-term strategy and developing the strategic vision for all programmes, ensuring that DigitalHealth.London continues to stay on the forefront of digital innovation and empowers staff on the ground to drive change for patients and the public.

Sara qualified as a nurse over 27 years ago, at a time when digital technology played a minor role in her day-to-day work, but over time she recognised that when technology was brought in correctly and was well-designed with consideration of patients and staff, the benefits could be enormous. Sara became the first Senior Nurse for digital at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in 2015, where she was able to break down barriers between the tech teams and the clinical/ward teams.

In 2018, Sara became an NHS Navigator for the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator programme, which gave her the chance to make an impact at a regional level across London and provided her with greater insight into the health tech world. Sara then led the Accelerator programme as maternity cover, and within this role, she grew her understanding of the needs of the innovators and how this aligned with the NHS Trusts’ priorities, as well as how to support the system to make it easier for tech to be adopted by organisations.

In 2021, Sara was named Deputy CNIO for NHSX (now NHS England), during her time as Deputy CNIO, Sara was responsible for education leadership strategy portfolios and the development of leadership through national, regional, and local teams. She worked with her team to develop guidance for nurses in response to the national “What good looks like” framework and supported regional and local teams in implementing this.

With over 15 years’ NHS leadership experience, Lee has a wealth of operational experience in acute hospital settings through his roles at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and Whittington Health as an Operations Manager.

Lee’s current role as a Head of Programmes for North Central London (NCL) ICB sees him lead on multiple collaborative programmes across NCL, which includes the implementation of the ICS wide collaborative staff bank.

Passionate about patient care, Lee uses his operational management experience to ensure his programmes are fit to deliver and have a positive outcome for patients and staff.

I am the lead pathologist for several research projects in breast cancer. My primary interest is the translational aspect of clinical trials, particularly in the neoadjuvant setting. Current trials include Artemis, PARTNER, PRIMETIME and Neo-RT clinical trials in Addenbrooke’s Hospital. I am also a local pathologist for the SEARCH and METABRIC studies.

The latter is a multi-centre collaborative study examining the molecular biology of the integrative clusters of breast cancer with a substudy specifically looking at precursor lesions.

MaryAnn has international experience working across both the Australian and UK health systems, with specialist qualifications in health system leadership, management, and public health. She has been a medical leader in both primary and secondary care and is passionate about improving the patient experience and delivering better integrated care.

She is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, Australasian College of Health Service Management and Faculty of Clinical Informatics, as well as being a certified health executive and organisational coach. She has a special interest in researching health equity and the impact of the social determinants of health, her current research focus explores health inequalities in the NHS within the Kent and Medway region.

I am CCIO and Consultant Stroke Physician at the Neuroscience Division at Queen's hospital, London and North East London Stroke Network Lead. I have gained postgraduate training in London. I have pursued my dedication to Stroke with sub-speciality Stroke at Cambridge and Southend. I am an innovator of HOT-TIA which has been awarded me with Hospital Hero and team with EHI award, HSJ award and NHS Innovation challenge prize of £100,000.

I am also the recipient of the Outstanding Clinician Award by EMS for the year 2016 and the Excellence Award as rated by patients on Iwantgreatcare in 2018. My team has won the Future NHS Award of 2018 at BHR Trust.

rish Greenhalgh is an internationally recognised academic in primary health care and trained as a GP. She joined the Department in January 2015 after previously holding professorships at University College London and Queen Mary University of London.

As co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Research In Health Sciences (IRIHS) unit, Trish leads a programme of research at the interface between social sciences and medicine, with strong emphasis on the organisation and delivery of health services. Her research seeks to celebrate and retain the traditional and humanistic aspects of medicine while also embracing the exceptional opportunities of contemporary science and technology to improve health outcomes and relieve suffering. 

Trish is Programme Director for the MSc and DPhil in Translational Health Sciences.

Her past research has covered the evaluation and improvement of clinical services at the primary-secondary care interface, particularly the use of narrative methods to illuminate the illness experience in ‘hard to reach’ groups; the challenges of implementing evidence-based practice (including the study of knowledge translation and research impact); the adoption and use of new technologies (including electronic patient records and assisted living technologies) by both clinicians and patients; and the application of philosophy to clinical practice.  She has brought this interdisciplinary perspective to bear on the research response to the Covid-19 pandemic, looking at diverse themes including clinical assessment of the deteriorating patient by phone and video, the science and anthropology of face coverings, and policy decision-making in conditions of uncertainty.

Trish is the author of over 400 peer-reviewed publications and 16 textbooks.  She was awarded the OBE for Services to Medicine by Her Majesty the Queen in 2001, made a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences in 2014, and elected an International Fellow of the US Academy of Medicine in 2021. She is also a Fellow of the UK Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of General Practitioners, Faculty of Clinical Informatics and Faculty of Public Health.

Current research projects include);

• LOCOMOTION, a multi-site study of service delivery in long Covid clinics in UK;
• Remote by Default 2, a study of how GP practices are responding to the call to provide more remote services, funded by NIHR

Trish is a fellow at Green Templeton College. She is in principle keen to hear from prospective DPhil students in her areas of interest but currently has a full quota of doctoral students and a waiting list. 

Trish is an active contributor to the social media sites

Working for the NHS South East region on the Greener NHS programme of care. Supporting ICSs and trusts in the creation, implementation and delivery of green plans in line with the national NHS net zero agenda. I am also leading on the a number of priority areas including: digital sustainability, medicines, net zero clinical transformation and sustainable procurement. I am continuously working on a number of innovative projects in an agile way.

Director- Self-Care Academic Research Unit (SCARU)

Department of Primary Care & Public Health, Imperial College London

Sue Armstrong has worked as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Arrhythmias at University Hospitals of Leicester for the last 6 years and prior to this as a Cardiac Nurse Specialist. She has a special passion for service development demonstrated in developing UHL ICD Cardiac rehab programme, Nurse-Led ILR implant and explant service, Nurse led cardioversions and more recently combined it with digital transformation in cofounding the AF Virtual ward. Her Career path has recently been recognised by the British journal of nursing where she and was successfully shortlisted as one of the Top 3 Cardiovascular nurses of the year.

Liverpool graduate 1992 and GP since 1998.
Passionate about transforming out of hospital care through technology and using intelligence and data design the services around the patient.
8 years of commissioning experience in Liverpool CCG
Now with Mersey Care sine 2019 to support the delivery of high quality, safe , effective care to the community.
More recently leading on developing the clinical uses of telehealth in empowering patients with self management , supporting Long Term Condition Management and Virtual Wards .

Project & Programme Manager, PRINCE2 & MSP certified Practitioner

Paediatric consultant who promotes children and young people’s health development, rights and wellbeing.

Humanitarian aid leader. Developed simulation-based education training during conflicts

Interested in promoting governance in all aspects of life in particular “clinical governance”. A unionist who admires the public sector.

Fellow of the royal college of paediatrics and child health
Works in the field of paediatric ID, Immunology and allergy
Member of BSACI, BPAII, BIA, BSI, BSAPCH

Joined the EUDiF expert roster in the area of diaspora engagement

Chevening scholarship alumni

As Programme Director, Sara leads the DigitalHealth.London team, overseeing the organisation’s long-term strategy and developing the strategic vision for all programmes, ensuring that DigitalHealth.London continues to stay on the forefront of digital innovation and empowers staff on the ground to drive change for patients and the public.

Sara qualified as a nurse over 27 years ago, at a time when digital technology played a minor role in her day-to-day work, but over time she recognised that when technology was brought in correctly and was well-designed with consideration of patients and staff, the benefits could be enormous. Sara became the first Senior Nurse for digital at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in 2015, where she was able to break down barriers between the tech teams and the clinical/ward teams.

In 2018, Sara became an NHS Navigator for the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator programme, which gave her the chance to make an impact at a regional level across London and provided her with greater insight into the health tech world. Sara then led the Accelerator programme as maternity cover, and within this role, she grew her understanding of the needs of the innovators and how this aligned with the NHS Trusts’ priorities, as well as how to support the system to make it easier for tech to be adopted by organisations.

In 2021, Sara was named Deputy CNIO for NHSX (now NHS England), during her time as Deputy CNIO, Sara was responsible for education leadership strategy portfolios and the development of leadership through national, regional, and local teams. She worked with her team to develop guidance for nurses in response to the national “What good looks like” framework and supported regional and local teams in implementing this.

Hatim is Chief Executive Officer for Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex, part of the NHS Health Innovation Network.  Alongside this role, he continues to practice as a General Practitioner.

In 2018, Hatim was appointed National Medical Directors Clinical Fellow to Professor Wendy Reid by the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. His key achievements were co-author and member of the Sir Keith Pearson Commission into NHS Staff and Learner Mental Health and co-founding the ‘Topol Programme for Digital Health Fellowships’ launched by Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in 2019. He later became the National Clinical Lead for AI and Digital Workforce at NHS England providing clinical leadership to the NHS Digital Academy and leading on AI in the NHS’s historic Long Term Workforce Plan.

Hatim studied Medicine at the prestigious Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, going on to complete a Masters in Sports and Exercise from the University of South Wales, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Health Leadership from Imperial College London. Hatim holds Membership of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics and the Royal College of General Practitioners, as well as Fellowship of Advance Higher Education.

Hatim has been a Senior Lecturer at Brunel University London, supporting the Physician Associate MSc and development of Brunel Medical School. Hatim is a Honorary Senior Lecturer at Keele University, working with European partners to develop a Masters in Explainable AI in healthcare management. Hatim is also a member of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Technology Appraisals Committee, and the Coalition for Health AI Steering Committee.

Hatim is an advocate for safe, ethical and responsible digital and AI transformation and ensuring workforce preparedness for new innovations and technologies in health and care. He regularly speaks internationally and has contributed to the publication of academic papers and white papers spanning workforce, education reform, primary care, digital health and AI.

Outside of work Hatim enjoys travelling and football, and you will likely find him touring England’s best restaurants with his family. 

Dr. Mark Ratnarajah is the managing director at C2-AI, a firm that specialises in healthcare analytics and artificial intelligence. He brings a wealth of experience from his 20 years as a paediatrician within the National Health Service in the UK, and his time as a physician and Flying Doctor in Australia and New Zealand. His former role at one of the UK’s largest rehabilitation centres saw him provide essential medical and psychological care to thousands of patients suffering from traumatic injuries each year. 

At C2-AI, he utilises his extensive medical and managerial knowledge to advance AI tools that enhance operational efficiency and risk prediction in healthcare, striving to make healthcare delivery more effective, equitable, and cost-efficient.

Dr. Ratnarajah holds medical degrees and an Executive MBA from the London Business School, where he has lectured on healthcare resource planning and executive training.