Tara Donnelly, Chief digital officer, NHSX and Sebastien Ourselin Head of the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, discussing the Future of Healthcare, with a panel of experts from the NHS, on the Humans Stage at New Scientist Live 2019
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Everyone knows someone living with cancer, heart disease, dementia, diabetes or another devastating condition. The good news is that research is making huge progress. Advances in gene sequencing, artificial intelligence and medical imaging are coming together with big data and digital technologies to diagnose illnesses faster and provide personalised treatments. What are the latest ideas for new medicine? How is technology helping us live better for longer? And what is the future for healthcare in the UK? New Scientist’s news editor Penny Sarchet discusses the issues with experts from the NHS. Tara Donnelly is the interim chief digital officer at NHSX. Tara oversees a team focused on digital innovation, with the aim of making the NHS work more effectively with larger tech firms and digital health innovators. Tara is on secondment from her role as chief executive of the Health Innovation Network. She has led the Health Innovation Network for over three years and is also a non-executive director at the Nuffield Trust. Tara has an extensive background in leadership roles within the NHS and the voluntary and community sector and has spent the past 18 years at board level. She has worked in the NHS for 30 years, with her first role being as a ward housekeeper when she was 18.