He is joined on the Digital Health Awards shortlist by Carl Beet, our Deputy Director ICT and Programmes, who has been named as a finalist in the CIO of the Year category.
The standard of entries for both sets of awards was extremely high and these nominations are recognition of the fabulous work that James are Carl are leading in digital innovation.
On being shortlisted, James said:
“This is a testament to the hard work done by a large number of staff across the Trust in making the most of technology to improve the quality of work and thus of patient care. I hope that through this process I will be able to raise the profile of mental health services in general, and of the innovative and exciting developments taking place both within our Trust and in the wider health economy.”
Dave Tomlinson, Executive Director of Finance, said:
“As a Trust that has been at the forefront of innovation in mental health services for many years, and was named as one of the first Global Digital Exemplars for mental health, it is fantastic that our that our exceptional work in this area has been recognised nationally through these awards nominations. All of our digital innovations are driven by the aim of improving the experience of our service users and staff, whether that means sharing records with neighbouring trusts so that service users don’t have to repeat their story when in a mental health crisis, having real time information to increase safety, using technology to increase understanding of a person’s mental state, or replacing paper based systems with digital technology to improve care and release time for staff to spend on direct patient care.”
