NHS App: transforming the front door to the NHS

Join digital health leaders from NHS England as they discuss the future of the NHS App, including work taking place to enable health checks, screening and vaccinations. You’ll get an overview of the NHS App strategy – how it will help people to get well, stay well and manage their health – as well as the latest updates on notifications and messaging.

Prof Joe Harrison

CEO, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS FT and national director, NHS App

Professor Joe Harrison has been an NHS acute hospital chief executive for almost ten years. He joined Milton Keynes University Hospital in 2013, transforming its record in quality, performance and finances. Under his leadership the trust has gained teaching hospital status and pioneered digital advances that have revolutionised patient care and experience.

Joe has championed innovation and expansion, overseeing significant development across the hospital estate, including the building of an academic centre in partnership with the University of Buckingham and a new cancer centre, along with multiple other developments to improve access and keep up with patient demand in one of the fastest growing places in the country.

Along with an ambitious digital innovation programme, Joe has championed workplace wellbeing to improve the working lives of the team at MKUH. He is also a board member of the Oxford Academic Health Science Network, chair of the Clinical Research Network Partnership Board for Thames Valley, vice-chair of the University of Buckingham Council and member of the NHS Confederation Employers Policy Board.
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Chair: Chris Fleming

partner, Public Digital

Liz Clow

director, Digital Citizen, NHS England

Rachel Hope

director, Digital Prevention Services, NHS England

Rachel is NHS England’s Director of Digital Prevention Services, which includes screening, vaccinations, and the new NHS Digital Health Check. Until very recently, Rachel had been leading the teams responsible for the NHS App and NHS website, as well as enabling and underpinning capabilities such as NHS login. The NHS App has now recorded more than 34 million sign-ups and the NHS website is the largest source of health information in Europe, with an average of 100 million visits a month. Together these services support people to stay well, get well, and manage their health and care.

Throughout Rachel’s career, she has worked across a range a digital and policy roles in the public sector, including at the Cabinet Office, HM Treasury, Department for Education, and HMRC. She champions truly multidisciplinary teams, which bring digital, policy and clinical expertise into single teams.