I’ll bet. NHS trusts aren’t seen as a prime destination for talented tech folk and that’s a problem too.
The impression I get from conversations is that everyone, including the most senior executives and indeed board members, feels powerless. It’s bizarre.
I absolutely love this and you are of course right. Printed copies of the daily rota would have been the expected standard for corporate IT in the 1990s, but in 2024 those clinicians are not even getting that. No wonder expectations are so low.
It has indeed. And our national conversation has also fixated unhelpfully on this. The FT article that snippet was taken from was all about the budget and What Government Ought To Do About the NHS. It's 'bedpan doctrine' all the way! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap/b...
Something for @nestauk.bsky.social to look at, perhaps ... ?
We've been chatting in the replies about just this, but with the maturity data calculated using staff ratings and reviews
One area where more secondary legislation is appropriate, though, is tech regulation (online safety, cyber security, AI, competition etc) - given how quickly the field evolves. But the same trade-off with democratic accountability applies and it's regulators who are filling the gap
I think you're dead right. Outsourcing seems to kill that sense of local ownership/responsibility that you need in order to improve anything