We are

using digital technology to improve patient safety, clinical practice and most importantly patient experience

We will

be attentive to the impact of technology and to the change in care delivery ensuring we utilise technology to augment professional practice and care

empower nurses, midwives and allied health professionals to shape and drive digital transformation through education, leadership and support, to allow them to provide clinical expertise in all aspects of the patient journey

explore and implement new innovative digital technologies to provide safer effective care for our patients, supported through real time reporting and improvement, freeing up time to care and improving patient outcomes

embrace pioneering digital technologies to provide clinical decision support, explore the use of artificial intelligence and advanced devices to provide enhanced communications, interactive digital collaboration and sharing of knowledge

Find out more about our new five year Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals (NMAHPs) Strategy

How we are delivering this priority

Corinne Johnson Lead Midwife for Digital Healthcare

Corinne Johnson recently joined Newcastle Hospitals as our Lead Midwife for Digital Healthcare.

Corinne joins us from Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust and will lead on the implementation and roll out of our major new electronic patient record for Newcastle’s maternity services.

This new system called BadgerNet will be used as our maternity patient’s electronic patient record (EPR) recording everything that happens from the moment of presentation for maternity care, throughout the pregnancy, birth and postnatal periods.