Alina Weismann

Plots of empty space above London buildings are being listed for hundreds of thousands of pounds each, as developers eye potential to build on top of existing rooftops. But adding storeys is fiendishly complicated — especially in the UK capital. Read more: https://bloom.bg/3MdpY4b 📷: Echlin

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Recruitment now paused. For former NHS Trust & ICB staff in BI, PMO, and operational management roles… If your background sits in business intelligence, PMO, operational management, transformation, workforce, or CSU functions, there’s a growing set of remote roles where NHS system experience translates very directly. These aren’t NHS jobs, and they’re not service delivery roles. They sit around AI evaluation, training, and quality, using real-world organisational judgement rather than running live operations. A few current examples that may resonate: Business Operations – AI Trainer (Remote | Contract) A strong fit for people who’ve worked in Trust PMOs, ICB transformation teams, CSUs, or operational improvement roles. The work focuses on turning messy operational reality into structured guidance, rubrics, and evaluation criteria that AI systems can learn from. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ePHt9nMq Expert Recruiter – Health (Remote | Full-time) Despite the title, this often suits people with workforce, transformation, programme management, or system-level coordination experience from Trusts, ICBs, or national teams. The role is about assessing specialist health expertise, improving recruitment processes, and managing complex stakeholder workflows — not sales or agency-style recruitment. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ewTyAePq Medical Records Specialists (Remote | UK, US, Canada) Despite the name, this can be a good fit for people from BI, information governance, data quality, reporting, or performance teams who’ve spent years working with clinical systems and operational data. The work involves helping AI systems understand real-world healthcare records and workflows. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ek59V3ir Scope matters, so to be explicit: There is no patient contact, no operational accountability, and no decision-making on behalf of organisations. This is evaluation and training work only, using professional judgement in a non-delivery setting. To learn more about what's involved in training AI systems and providing expert subject matter input, please visit: 👉https://lnkd.in/eB2pQsWz If you’re still in-role in the NHS, these are useful signals of where system skills are being reused. If you’ve already left — or are quietly considering it — they’re worth understanding as part of the wider landscape. Disclosure: these links include referral tracking. I’m not representing the hiring companies. #AIForDigitalHealth #BusinessIntelligence #OperationalManagement #AITraining #RemoteWork

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How NHS procurement frameworks are evolving is becoming increasingly important for healthcare estates. Drawing on insights from Alan Matchett, Supplier Development Manager at Bloom Procurement Services, this article explores how frameworks are shifting from compliance-led tools to strategic platforms that support better estates outcomes through capability, collaboration and alignment with NHS priorities. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eGNZXcca #FORTISarticle #Healthcareestates #NEPRO3 #HealthSpaces #NHSProcurementFrameworks

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💡BLOG - Navigating EPR Implementations in the NHS: 8 Key Strategies for Success In our blog, we outline out strategic approaches to enable a smooth and successful EPR rollout, from organisational readiness and governance to user training, data migration, and go-live delivery. Drawing on lessons learned across NHS Trusts, we highlight how to avoid common pitfalls and achieve lasting improvements in patient care and operational performance. Our experienced consultants provide guidance on: ✅ Aligning digital initiatives with clinical workflows ✅ Building internal capability through structured training and governance ✅ Ensuring interoperability, data quality, and technical readiness ✅ Supporting clinical and operational teams through go-live and beyond 📖 Read the full blog here: https://lnkd.in/ebJRrt2Y At Ideal Health, our implementation specialists understand the complexities of NHS clinical environments, national data standards, and local delivery challenges. We go beyond advisory, embedding experienced professionals into your team to support decision-making, mitigate risk, and build lasting internal capability. Partnering with Ideal Health means engaging a delivery-focused team committed to reducing disruption and accelerating success throughout every stage of the EPR journey. #NHS #EPR #DigitalHealth #HealthInformatics #EPRImplementation #HealthcareTransformation

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Event- Next steps for clinical trials and research in the UK updated regulations & implementation | engagement & inclusion | streamlining trial delivery | funding, workforce & talent pipeline | data governance & AI | collaboration, investment & global competitiveness | integration with care | infrastructure & regional capacity Morning, Tuesday, 27th January 2026 This conference will focus on next steps for clinical trials and research in the UK, examining both practical and strategic priorities. It will bring stakeholders and policymakers together to consider implementation of a range of recent policy proposals and measures aimed at strengthening the UK’s clinical research environment. These include the MHRA and HRA’s The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations, DHSC’s Transforming the UK clinical research system, the Medium Term Planning Framework, Life Sciences Sector Plan and the 10-Year Health Plan for England, as well as the 2025 Spending Review commitment to establish a new Health Data Research Service. Areas for discussion include the way forward for accelerating study set-up and delivery, and for improving patient access and recruitment, including integrating trials into routine NHS care. With an additional £300m for NHS tech and digital tools announced in the 2025 Autumn Budget, it will be an opportunity to discuss ways forward for increasing research activity in the NHS through improved digital connectivity. Sessions will also look at approaches to improving how NHS data is recorded, as well as for its efficient and secure use to support quality of research. Delegates will examine proposals for streamlining approvals and contracting, strengthening capacity across the system, and deployment of funding for research infrastructure. There will also be a focus on building public confidence and engagement, the workforce support and talent pipeline needed to meet future demand, as well as the positioning of the UK as a favoured venue for clinical research. Implementing new regulations & increasing engagement… Ways to support increased participation in trials will be discussed, such as through the NHS App and improved local engagement. This includes best practice in the use of inclusion and diversity plans to tackle underrepresentation in trials, and wider approaches to improving equity of access and outcomes, as well as practicalities for integrating trials into primary and community care. Data governance concerns and barriers to public trust will also be addressed as research access to data is centralised, including strategies to ensure transparency and safeguards, and improve public messaging… https://lnkd.in/ewaMV4rR

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South West London ICB has highlighted progress made on its 2025/26 infrastructure strategy, along with next steps for 2026 – 2029. The ICB notes short, medium and long term plans against the National Cyber Assurance Framework to improve cyber security maturity and resilience, as well as the launch of four digital infrastructure working groups on service management, end user device and software licensing, cloud adoption, and network harmonisation. We've covered this story in full: https://lnkd.in/etpXq-Hb

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We’re pleased to share our evaluation of NHS 111 #MentalHealth in London. Commissioned by NHS England and delivered in partnership with UCLPartners, the evaluation highlights positive user experiences as well as opportunities to strengthen workforce capacity, integration, and data. The findings help to inform the next phase of NHS 111 #MentalHealth, supporting a more consistent and joined-up crisis care pathway. Learn more about the evaluation findings: https://lnkd.in/eKXfC8Pc

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Why the UK’s most ambitious healthcare IT integration programme ultimately failed? Some of the clearest lessons about programme architecture come from contexts where complexity is unavoidable and failure is highly visible. Healthcare is one of them. The NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) is often cited as one of the most ambitious public-sector innovation programmes ever launched. The objective was clear and widely supported: create a unified digital infrastructure for the National Health Service. Funding was substantial. Technology partners were world-class. And yet, after nearly a decade, the programme was formally dismantled. What’s interesting is that most post-mortem analyses converge on the same conclusion: the failure was not primarily technical. It was structural. The programme was designed as a highly centralised system, with limited capacity to adapt to local realities, fragmented ownership across stakeholders, and unclear responsibility for long-term integration. NPfIT reminds us of something essential: when programmes operating in complex, multi-stakeholder environments are over-engineered at the centre and under-designed at the edges, scale becomes a liability rather than an asset. In such contexts, architecture matters as much as ambition. Photo by Sajad Nori on Unsplash.

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How AI is reshaping adjudication? An excellent balanced article written by Luke Forster FCIArb, MCIOB on the use of AI within adjudication and wider construction disputes. I am always interested to hear experts within niche fields and how AI is developing within their particular profession. Well worth a few moments to stop and read. https://lnkd.in/e32XZsHN

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Very interesting to see NHS trust performance tables today and some attempts to assess the link between digitisation and the position of trusts in the league table. Differentiating causation and correlation will be incredibly hard, as ultimately the institutional challenges an organisation face will impact every facet of an organisation, including digital. Can you digitise your way out of a bad set of circumstances?

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MIAA Solutions has delivered a rapid transformation for an NHS Trust’s Cost Improvement Programme (CIP) PMO. The Challenge: A fragmented PMO structure was holding back effective CIP delivery and governance. Our Solution: ✔️ In-depth assessment of current operations and governance ✔️ Immediate support with new tools, templates, and reporting ✔️ Facilitation of EQIAs for 70% of the CIP programme ✔️ A robust PMO Blueprint and mobilisation plan, fully aligned with Trust strategy The Results: ✅ Strengthened central CIP office ✅ Improved efficiency, resource use, and project success rates ✅ Transparent KPI tracking and regular reporting ✅ Embedded continuous improvement and stakeholder engagement This is more than a project - it’s a service we offer to NHS organisations seeking sustainable cost improvement and operational excellence. 👉 Interested in learning how we can help your organisation? Get in touch to find out more!

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Read our opinion piece on the potential and power of triangulating narrative date. As always we would love to hear your thoughts.

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This is an important first step, but should be made compulsory for NHS and other public service suppliers as a condition of entry for all public procurement frameworks. It must be backed by a register to allow sharing of ISO27001, PSN, DSPT, Cyber Essentials accreditations and pentest reports of key applications and services. https://lnkd.in/dB7ms5i5

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The CHIME International CXO Summit is now well established as one of the foremost digital leadership learning events in the calendar. What Jane has created here hits all the right notes across learning and empowerment to enable us to get on and do. It’s no fluke that many of the brightest and best digital leaders across health and care today have attended one of these summits. I’m always delighted to be invited back to speak and meet new people/ connect with like-minded folk. I’ll not apologise for admitting it’s also one of the best places to find new talent 😀 Do try and get on one of these courses if you can. #bethechange NHS Digital Academy

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Progress and impact of the FDP (Federated Data Platform) in the NHS. Live Use: 72 hospital trusts and 39 integrated care boards are live with the platform and products, as at end of March 2025 Signed-Up: 130 hospital trusts and 41 integrated care boards have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to join, as at end of March 2025 Table outlines the uptake and impact of specific applications of the platform (modules)

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I had the pleasure of meeting Dr Nesta Collingridge-Padbury this morning and discussing the complexity of risk governance in healthcare. The challenges are similar across the NHS and the independent healthcare sector. The risk profile changes significantly with the advancement in AI and digital across healthcare alongside its potential benefits, including data privacy breaches, biases in algorithms, potential for errors, and the challenge of accountability. These risks can lead to harm for patients, erode trust in healthcare systems, and raise ethical concerns. Having a well-established, multi-disciplinary and strong risk governance framework is key to addressing these risks proactively.

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NHS digital funding pledges £10 billion, aligned to specific programmes, goals, and spending categories. These are approximations based on current and projected government disclosures, industry analyses, and NHS England strategic documents: 1. Core IT & Infrastructure = Spend: £2.0 – £2.5 billion Details: Upgrades to PCs, servers, Wi-Fi, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and energy-efficient tech in hospitals Timeline: 2024–2028 2. Staff-Facing Tools & AI= Spend: £1.2 – £1.5 billion Details: Smartcards, AI scribes, digital dictation, automated admin, clinical decision support, virtual assistants Timeline: 2025–2030 3. NHS App & Patient Access=Spend: £2.0 – £2.8 billion Details: Enhanced app features, full patient record access, support for mental health and remote care, personalised dashboards Timeline: 2024–2029 4. Data Platform & Interoperability=Spend: £500 – £600 million Details: Federated platform (e.g., Palantir), data model standardisation (FHIR, SNOMED CT), dashboards for health metrics Timeline: 2024–2026 (core), ongoing expansion 5. AI, Robotics & Digital Innovation=Spend: £1.5 – £2.0 billion Details: AI diagnostics, ambient voice tech, wearables, genomics, robotics, digital twins Timeline: 2025–2032 6. Tech Fund & Procurement Reform=Spend: £500 – £800 million Details: NHS Tech Fund grants, match-funding, standardised procurement, national frameworks Timeline: 2024–2029 7. Workforce Skills & Digital Leadership=Spend: £300 – £500 million Details: Digital literacy training, 10,000+ DDAT staff, CCIO fellowships, AI and cybersecurity upskilling Timeline: 2024–2030 8. Digital Inclusion & Accessibility=Spend: £150 – £300 million Details: Health hubs, loaned devices, accessible design, VCSE outreach Timeline: 2025–2029

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