Prof Joe McDonald, NHS Digital Reform Specialist

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Medical Director @_sleepstation Founded @greatnorthcare

[Prof Joe McDonald, NHS Digital Reform Specialist @CompareSoftware]

Space programs and nuclear powered aircraft carriers are allowed to cost billions, clinical software isn’t. It’s software. No titanium heat shields. Software. How did we get into this mess? Find out in my book “FHIR and Loathing Las Vegas” £5.99 https://t.co/XZ9e7CVjYo

[Chi Onwurah 💙 @ChiOnwurah]

I'm proud to share that I am one of the finalists for SME4Labour's MP of the year! Public voting is open and you can vote for me here: https://t.co/ThDKUWvSqD

[Prof Joe McDonald, NHS Digital Reform Specialist @CompareSoftware]

@ChiOnwurah Spot on. And followed up with today’s brilliant report.

https://t.co/pEGtIyDgMF

[Chi Onwurah 💙 @ChiOnwurah]

During the Second Reading of the Health Modernisation Bill, I set out three tests for the Government ahead of the creation of a new national single patient record.

[Prof Joe McDonald, NHS Digital Reform Specialist @CompareSoftware]

You have to read this blisteringly honest report if you care about Digital health
@AdeByrne
@jhoeksma
@digitalhealth2
@PubMoneyPubCode
@Procure4Health
@NHSEngland
@RoyLilley
@PalantirTech
@emis_nug
@DHSCgovuk
@ShaunLintern
@HSJEditor

[Chi Onwurah 💙 @ChiOnwurah]

Read the report: https://t.co/3nIvFk7izA

[Chi Onwurah 💙 @ChiOnwurah]

If the Met Police cannot keep Londoners safe and protect women without awarding a contract to Palantir in  a “clear and serious breach” of procurement rules then the Met have serious questions to answer. Palantir seem to think vendor lock in rules shouldn't apply to them

[Roy Lilley 💙 @RoyLilley]

this touches a nerve that I’d guess, the NHS leadership-class would probably rather leave, untouched. https://t.co/qaghzshKjM

[Prof Joe McDonald, NHS Digital Reform Specialist @CompareSoftware]

@ChiOnwurah @StartupCltn With a tiny fraction of the funding the Golden Triangle attracts we built @GreatNorthCare and became the most comprehensively connected health economy in the world for a while. Unfortunately further funding went South as usual. Can we fix that ?

[Chi Onwurah 💙 @ChiOnwurah]

Thanks to Newcastle University, Northumbria University and this Labour government, new flexible courses designed to help working people upskill and retrain while balancing busy lives are coming to #NewcastleCentralWest

Find out what it could mean for you: https://t.co/umkKhYx2TL

[Prof Joe McDonald, NHS Digital Reform Specialist @CompareSoftware]

@tom_nhs Your campaigning for @PalantirTech is best viewed with an understanding of "Regulatory Capture" which is well explained here https://t.co/PunSZdj0vr

[Prof Joe McDonald, NHS Digital Reform Specialist @CompareSoftware]

@British_Airways it's now safe to put my regulation sized cabin bag containing 3 laptops in the hold according to your staff. Is that correct? Same flight telling me power banks must not be placed in the overheads locker. What is going on? Please supply me with the policy.

[Roy Lilley 💙 @RoyLilley]

No mass outpouring of grief in the NHS. No flowers or teddy-bears left at the gates of the DH+…
… and we continue to doom-scroll through unlikely people to take on running the health service. https://t.co/ST8gXuWjBr

[Prof Joe McDonald, NHS Digital Reform Specialist @CompareSoftware]

@AdeByrne Thanks Ade. Your description of the vertical/horizontal integration conundrum is beautiful and essential to anyone who wants to understand the complexity on health IT. Ade' Essential Insight. The Byrne Conundrum.

[Ade Byrne 🇮🇪🏂 @AdeByrne]

If you're interested in NHS digital integration you might like to read this
https://t.co/F1ZS4XpYPI

[Prof Joe McDonald, NHS Digital Reform Specialist @CompareSoftware]

@tom_nhs @Robert_Booth @guardian Wasting a billion on AI snakeoil has a material impact on patient outcomes too. Read my book? https://t.co/OKkaAdLed8

[Prof Joe McDonald, NHS Digital Reform Specialist @CompareSoftware]

@tom_nhs @Robert_Booth @guardian Wasting a billion on AI snakeoil has a material impact on patient outcomes too. Read my book? https://t.co/OKkaAdLed8

[Ade Byrne 🇮🇪🏂 @AdeByrne]

@tom_nhs @Procure4Health @Robert_Booth @guardian Man who built federated data platform defends federated data platform and now has a business working in it is hardly a story.

[Prof Joe McDonald, NHS Digital Reform Specialist @CompareSoftware]

A brief history of and plans for NHS IT? Here you go https://t.co/hkLLNeRPWC

[Prof Joe McDonald, NHS Digital Reform Specialist @CompareSoftware]

Dodgy evidence for dodgy people from dodgy people. Official: https://t.co/80JuTMxklI

[Ade Byrne 🇮🇪🏂 @AdeByrne]

Lift numbers from a puff piece and repeat them isn't really a benefits study

[Prof Joe McDonald, NHS Digital Reform Specialist @CompareSoftware]

I’m grateful to @ChiOnwurah for helping me pull together a very experienced group of NHS IT experts last year to learn the lessons of the past and discuss how we use IT to deliver integrated neighbourhood care. We wrote a white paper. Download it here https://t.co/VqEufV0QD3

[Prof Joe McDonald, NHS Digital Reform Specialist @CompareSoftware]

@antanddec @adamthomas21 Look. We've all had a drink, right?