How digital technology is transforming the NHS

Ming has over 20 years’ experience in managing and delivering large scale change involving implementation of new operating models in complex and challenging environments.  

She joined the NHS in October 2009, initially leading commissioning support services in the West Midlands as the Managing Director for Healthcare Commissioning Services and then as the Managing Director for South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Commissioning Support Unit.   

Ming is currently the Chief Data and Analytics Officer for NHS England responsible for strategic development of data and analytics capability across NHS.  

Tom McArdle leads Palantir’s work with the NHS. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he oversaw the deployment of Palantir’s Foundry platform in support of ventilator allocation and the vaccination programme. He has more recently overseen Foundry deployments related to the elective care recovery. Prior to leading the company’s NHS work, Tom led Palantir deployments in healthcare and energy, with a particular focus on Palantir’s digital twin offering. Tom has a Masters of Engineering degree from Imperial College London.

Jo Fernihough has been leading the Demand function for the pilot use case for FDP for the last 2 years. She has been responsible for identifying trusts to join the programme and in their preparation and onboarding and deployment of each trust’s tenant. Before joining the NHS, Jo worked for IBM as an Executive Partner in healthcare where she led the delivery of a large IT outsource contract for one of the larger trusts in England.

Victoria Cardona is an experienced NHS Operational Manager and Leader who originally trained in Occupational Therapy and has vast experience of working in a variety of clinical settings including a Military Hospital and Learning Disability Services before moving to an acute Trust to transform therapy services in A&E. Victoria is adept at quality improvement and service development, particularly relating to patient flow and discharge pathways.

Jonathan Maloney has 30 years’ experience in senior NHS leadership roles delivering transformational change in complex systems. Passionate about innovation and finding solutions to challenging problems, Jonathan has been Programme Director for several successful national transformation programmes spanning health and social care and currently leads the Digital Solutions function in an NHS Care System Support Organisation.