Explore the benefits and challenges of digital technologies and gain practical insights into how they are being used to improve patient outcomes. We will discuss a patient-centric approach and highlight the importance of empowering patients to take an active role in their own healthcare. Gain insight into how an integrated digital medicines platform is set to improve care continuity, safety and patient experience.
Chair: Sarah Thompson
CCIO, Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
Sarah is a Pharmacist and CCIO at Wirral University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Nominated by the Pharmaceutical Journal as a ‘Woman to Watch 2022’ Sarah is proud to be one of the first Pharmacist CCIO’s nationally.
A passionate advocate for career development for non-medical CCIOs, Sarah is determined to see further representation from Pharmacy, AHP, Nursing and Midwifery colleagues nationally. Sarah’s main areas of interest include clinical engagement, clinical safety, & optimisation of digital systems.
Keith Farrar
senior responsible officer, Shared Medicines Record, Digital Health and Care Wales
Keith is a Consultant Clinical Informatician and Senior Responsible Owner for the Shared Medicines Record in Wales. He was lead author of the strategy document, ‘The Future of Electronic Prescribing in Wales’, that led to the formation of the Welsh Digital Medicines Transformation Portfolio.
As Chief Pharmacist at Wirral Hospital, Keith was responsible for the implementation and development of one of the first electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) systems deployed in the NHS (1991). In 2005 he moved into the commercial sector to work on the National Programme for IT, before re-joining the NHS in October 2014.
At NHS England, he was the Senior Responsible Owner for the Electronic Prescriptions Service, and other programmes, leaving NHSX in 2020. He returned to practice as Chief Pharmacist at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in 2021 and joined NHS Wales in 2022.
He has published research papers on pharmacy practice and information technology and has been an advisor to several national and international pharmacy organisations. He is a Founding Fellow of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics
David Chalkley
clinical safety officer, associate CCIO and associate director of pharmacy, Somerset NHS FT
David is an NHS Digital Leadership Academy Graduate with 10 years’ experience of working in digital transformation, specialising in clinical risk management and digital medicines. As deputy CCIO and a Clinical Safety Officer, he has helped shape the governance structure and process to centre patient safety, user engagement and standards compliance at the forefront of any digital transformation. He has distilled the key learning points from his digital journey into several Digital Blueprints, providing practical advice and structured materials for other Trusts to adapt and adopt, scaling best practice.
Ben Jeeves
associate chief Clinical information officer & Clinical Safety Officer, Midlands Partnership University NHS FT
I am currently an Associate Chief Clinical Information Officer (ACCIO), Combined with CSO duties, and additionally hold the roles of; Allied Health Professional (AHP) professional Lead, and remain clinically active as an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist in an integrated MSK service at Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation trust.
March 13 @ 13:45
13:45 — 14:30 (45′)