CNIO Bulletin: January 2025 Edition Equipping nurses and midwives with the latest to lead digital change Subscribe now: Click the link or visit us at future.nhs.uk Image search magnifier "Digital Nursing Community"

We're prepping the first CNIO bulletin of 2025 -

Equipping nurses and midwives with the latest to lead digital change,

A few things we'll cover:
- Artificial Intelligence Networks
- Nursing Documentation
- Cyber Resilience

Get it by joining our FutureNHS site:
future.nhs.uk/DigitalNurse...

Council of Deans of Health, Digital Summit 2025

Helen is speaking at the Council of Deans of Health 2025 Digital Summit exploring the impact of AI and other technological advancements on healthcare higher education and research.

Taking place on 28 January, you can still sign-up - find out more:
www.tickettailor.com/events/counc...

The CNIO team look forward to welcoming Simon as new Deputy CNIO and the wealth of knowledge and experience he will bring to the role.

The Cyber Session podcast - Fail to plan, plan to fail, NHS England

New Cyber Sessions podcast episode is out - insightful discussion on cyber risk and resilience

Have a listen and catch the other episodes!

Also - what role can nurses and midwives play in tackling cyber threats?

Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) Highlights: 2024 The CNIO team at NHS England have continued it's work to make digital mainstream across the nursing and midwifery professions. Here are our highlights from 2024 sharing lots of useful links - so make ...

There is much to celebrate as nurses and midwives continue to grow and thrive in digital and data.

I'm honoured to lead this agenda in England as the Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) - here are some of the highlights from the national team:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/chief-...

ALT: the national EPR useability survey: have your say. We want to hear from all NHS staff who use an electronic patient record system in their work. Share your experiences before Friday 20 December and help us improve our clinical systems for the future.

🚨Deadline: EPR Useability Survey 20 December

NHS England's Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Useability Survey closes this week so don't miss out on having your say.

EVERY response matters to provide greater feedback

Each survey takes 8 minutes:
euklas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Digital Clinical Safety Standards Review: Focus groups on DCB0129 take place February 2025. Express your interest to take part by 10 January.

Attention nurses & midwives with digital clinical safety responsibilities -

NHS England want your input to update the digital clinical standards DCB0129 & DCB0160.

Find out how to get involved in a focus group:
digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...

ALT: the national EPR useability survey: have your say. We want to hear from all NHS staff who use an electronic patient record system in their work. Share your experiences before Friday 20 December and help us improve our clinical systems for the future.

🚨Deadline: EPR Useability Survey 20 December

NHS England's Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Useability Survey closes this week so don't miss out on having your say.

EVERY response matters to provide greater feedback

Each survey takes 8 minutes:
euklas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

As more nurses who specialise in digital join the platform here is a starter pack to help you find them - please let us know of any names to add.
#NurseSky #DigitalHealth
go.bsky.app/3moCwHq

And that's a wrap!

To find out more, and access the relevant supporting links have a look at the latest CNIO Bulletin:
createsend.com/t/d-7D8F29ED244CD1922540EF23F30FEDED

- Helen Balsdon shares her personal views on creating useful, useable and used EPRs in new LinkedIn blog post.
- And as it’s the end of the year, the CNIO team reflect on highlights sharing progress on achieving objectives to digitise the nursing and midwifery workforce.
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- Dawn Cross joins the national CNIO team as the new Deputy Chief Midwifery Information Officer (D.CMidIO)
- You can now follow national CNIO Helen Balsdon and the team on Bluesky @englandcnio.bsky.social
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- The Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) team spoke with the Shuri Network members to hear their experiences and how their digital fellowship has aided their career growth in digital health.
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- Change NHS Consultation continues – please do contribute how you think digital and data should be used in nursing and midwifery.
- Nursing Documentation Masterclass 2 recording now available with expertise from community, mental health and provider level organisations.
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Latest News and Opportunities for Nurses and Midwives in England.

Latest NEWS and OPPORTUNITIES for nurses and midwives in England:
- Deadline for NHS England’s Electronic Patient Record (EPR) useability survey is 20 December – EPR users make sure you have your say so your organisation can hear your views!
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National CNIO Helen Balsdon and the panel at the Nursing Times Digital Nursing event in November.

At Nursing Times Digital Nursing Helen called on the importance of starting with useability to create useful, useable and used systems.

The NHS England EPR useability survey let's you have your say.

Share your views by 20 December:
euklas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#NTDigital

So pleased this is here, as this is my team...

@ouhospitals.bsky.social

Effective Digital Clinical Nurse, Midwife, AHP (NMAHP) team - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

CNIO case studies highlight the work of digital nurses & midwives across the country.

This outlines how Oxford University Hospitals have built up a strong digital nurse, midwife, AHP team to facilitate the adoption of digital technology:
future.nhs.uk/DigitalNurse...

Making EPR Alerts Work for You: Insights from Digital Clinical Professionals Modern Electronic Patient records (EPR) not only support real time documentation of care but also harness a wide variety of tools to support the user to make the best decision with the information the...

What makes an effective electronic patient record (EPR) alert?

We asked Digital Clinical Professionals in our community for their views on how to turn an annoying pop up, to useful functionality that aid clinicians with their decision making.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/making...

I’ve made it here! Looking forward to connecting with all digital health enthusiasts, especially the Nurses, Midwives and AHPs out there! #digitalhealth #nhs #ccio #cnio #cxio

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Hello! Welcome to our new account on @bsky.app! We are so pleased to have you join us here. Please do follow us, like and share this post so we can reach as many people as possible
Thank you 💙 #TeamFNF

Welcome to the official Bluesky account of CNIO at NHS England and the national team.

Hear the latest news, updates and opportunities to make digital mainstream across the nursing and midwifery workforce in the NHS.