Ambulance trust appoints chief digital information officer

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has appointed Nick Roberts as its new chief digital information officer.

© South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

© South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Roberts is currently chief information officer at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London. He has been the senior responsible officer for technology and data across Moorfields at Board level since joining the hospital in 2020.

He has been involved in several major transformational programmes, including the transformation of OpenEyes – an eye care clinical noting system converted to a highly available public cloud solution - and in delivering the trust's full business case for its new EPR MoorConnect.

Previously, Roberts was director of digital services at University College London NHS Foundation Trust, onboarding a new outsourced IT service provision and implementing the technology and data migration to support its Epic EPR implementation.

Roberts said: 'I look forward to using my learning from Moorfields and UCLH specialist acutes to help develop the next level of technology and data capability for this vital emergency response service.'

SECAmb chief executive, Simon Weldon, said: "Nick brings with him a wealth of experience and I am looking forward to working closely with him as we continue to develop our digital agenda.'

Roberts will join the trust on 1 April. 

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