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DoH appoints doctor to oversee NHS IT revamp
Charles Gutteridge, former medical director at Barts and the London NHS Trust, will provide a clinical perspective on how new technology should be introduced in the NHS
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The Department of Health has appointed a senior doctor to help oversee its revamp of NHS IT.
Charles Gutteridge, former medical director at Barts and the London NHS Trust, has been appointed to provide a clinical perspective on how new technology should be introduced in the NHS.
As DoH clinical director for informatics Gutteridge will report to DoH chief information officer Christine Connelly, after he takes up the post on 18 January.
For more on this story, see Doctor appointed to nurse NHS IT revamp back to health on silicon.com.