A Channel 3 Consulting event, part of Leeds Digital Festival 2022
This event took place on Thursday 22nd September 2022 at Avenue HQ Leeds and was streamed online.
Leeds is a city of contrasts. Vibrant, thriving, culturally rich post-codes sit alongside those where schooling, crime, housing and health and social care issues limit people’s life chances.
Channel 3 believes people have the right to live their best life, with the best experience of the care system when they need help. Making better use of digital technologies is key to this, and that is why our purpose is to build better lives, with better care through better digital.
The life expectancy of two Leeds citizens can vary by over a decade, depending on the level of deprivation of their postcode (defined in the Index of Multiple Deprivation). Yet Leeds has been at the forefront of health and care innovation for a long-time, particularly in digital health and care. So many awards, so much talent, and so much great technology and yet the impact is not what the people of Leeds need. Why is that, and what can we do about it?
Our panellists
Monica Jones
Monica is Chief Data Officer at the University of Leeds and Associate Director for Heath Data Research UK (HDRUK). She has worked in a variety of leadership roles in the NHS and Armed Forces; nationally, regionally and at the front line. As the Exec Lead for Population Health Management for the Yorkshire and Humber Care Record (YHCR) she enabled the safe sharing of health data to improve patient outcomes and save lives. Monica also coaches budding digital health system designers and is passionate about ensuring that the best new talent plays a key role in the future of health tech.
Saf Bhuta
Head of Care Provision at Kirklees Council, Saf is a values driven professional with more than 10 years senior management experience of building and leading exceptional teams, transforming services by inspiring through change, connecting with people on an emotionally intelligent level and creating a culture of excellence.
Nichola Stephens
Nichola is the Associate Director for Strategy and Innovation at Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. She has worked in digital and health for many years and oversees the shared care record programme, which helps underpin the delivery of integrated patient care. An important part of her role is to foster collaborative and useful innovation, spark ideas and test the art of the possible when it comes to advancing digital technologies and automation in health for West Yorkshire.
