This episode is the first in our Digital Boards series, linking into our Digital Boards programme, we speak to three non-executive directors who share the lessons they've learnt from other sectors for digital transformation which can help shape the NHS' digital journey.

This recording was taken from a virtual Digital Boards event earlier in 2021, chaired by Chris Fleming, Public Digital founder and panellists include non-executive directors Sumit Biswas, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Pankaj Davé, University hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, and Lynne Mellor, York teaching hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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Released: 29 April 2021

In this episode of our Digital Boards series, our deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery speaks with Surrey and Boarders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust chief medical information officer Ayesha Rahim and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust chief clinical officer Annalise McNair as they discuss the importance of their roles and the role of the clinician in digital transformation.

Hear as they cover how their role is fundamental in digital progress, how trust boards can ensure clinicians are part of the process, and the questions boards should be asking.

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Released: 6 May 2021

In this episode of our Digital Boards series, deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery speaks with Shera Chok, The Shuri Network co-founder and chair, NHS Digital deputy chief medical officer and NHS England and NHS Improvement national clinical advisor, Patricia Miller OBE, Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust chief executive and board director for the NHS Race and Health Observatory, and Andy Callow group chief digital information officer at Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust  and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust.

They discuss why representation matters in digital and across wider services, what practical steps boards should be taking to improve diversity, the importance of inclusivity in the recruitment process, how the diversity of the workforce and wider communities is not represented adequately in its leadership and how this can negatively impact digital products and services which are shaped through a biased 'single lens'.

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Released: 13 May 2021

In this episode of our Digital Boards series, deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery speaks with UK based technology suppliers about the relationship between digital teams in the NHS and technology, and how to journey along that collaborative relationship.

This episode welcomes Andreas Haimboeck-Tichy, managing director at Health UK, Shane Tickell, chief executive and co-founder of Voror Health Technolgies and Dr Nicholas Andreou, Locums Nest co-founder.

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Released: 20 May 2021

In the final episode of our Digital Boards season, deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery speaks with national NHS leaders Dr Navina Evans, Health Education England chief executive, and Sonia Patel, system chief information officer at NHS England about digital acceleration, tackling health inequalities in digital, what trust boards should prioritise to progress their digital maturity and how trusts can support their workforce during digital transformation.

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Released: 27 May 2021