A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of visiting Puka Pukara high above Cusco in Peru. The work in building this fortress demonstrates attention to detail. Each stone is carefully shaped to fit into the overall architecture. Edges …
My reflections on changing employer after 19 years and hopes for the future.
In a discussion today I remembered this remarkably astute section from Notes on Hospitals, London: Longman, Green, Roberts, Longman and Green, 1863, by Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC I am fain to sum up with an urgent appeal for adopting … …
I joined an eclectic group of experts from the UK and US to discuss how we can achieve the policy commitment to “separate the data from applications”. In effect, to unlock the data held in operational systems (care records, rostering, HR, finance etc.) and make those data available to be use in other applications or for analytics.
I’m back from a couple of weeks holiday away in Scotland – think trains, islands, whisky, ferries, mountains and a plentiful supply of Irn Bru Original. Some of my colleagues have suggested I should have been away longer (and I’m …
Last week I had a holiday, walking in the hills of Yorkshire – dales and moors. The week before had been a good one. I finally have access to my GP record using the NHS App. It also includes my …
Its been over a month since I shared the progress in NHS Digital Data Architecture. During that time we’ve made good progress with the Terminology Server moving into private beta, our metadata in the HDR UK gateway seeing a significant uplift …
This week marks the completion of my 25th year working for the NHS, so I am being indulgent and sharing a few thoughts on the journey I’ve been on. If my memory has failed, let me know as a comment …
I prepare a data architecture update for colleagues in NHS Digital and other interested organisations – I’m sharing it here for the first time. Let me know if it is useful. Federation and subsidiarity – our contribution Accountability for the …
The Draft International Standard is now available for public review and comment ahead of the decision by the BSI committee (and other national member bodies) to cast their votes. For UK contributors, the commenting capability is available on the BSI site. …