Nick Carding
Senior correspondent Nick writes about technology, estates --- especially the health infrastructure plan --- and environmental sustainability. He joined HSJ in March 2017 but began his journalism career in 2012 when he joined the Newark Advertiser as a sports and news reporter.
Three years later he became health correspondent at the Eastern Daily Press and was shortlisted for Specialist and Young Journalist of the Year at the Regional Press Awards (2017). He was also highly commended in the Mental Health Story of the Year category at the Medical Journalism Awards in 2016.
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HSJ LocalReview of maternal deaths at 'inadequate' unit
A trust has launched an external review into deaths at its “inadequate” maternity unit after concerns were raised about its mortality rate.
HSJ Local‘Rolls-Royce’ EPR still being driven ‘like a Ford Focus’ admits trust CEO
The chief executive of an acute trust operating in one of the country’s most troubled healthcare economies has admitted his organisation is struggling to get the most from its top of the range electronic patient record system three years after rollout.
Expert BriefingThe Download: Unblocking the NHS’s digital plumbing
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
NewsLeaked NHSE review warns of ‘severe’ lack of nurses with digital skills
A leaked NHS England review has warned of a “severe shortage” of nurses and midwives with digital skills despite an ambition to deliver tech-enabled healthcare.
NewsJoint ICB/trust committee given binding powers to improve system’s care quality
An integrated care system has agreed to establish a unique body comprising both commissioners and providers, which will be empowered to make binding decisions affecting the entire health economy.
Expert BriefingThe Download: Ferris returns
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
NewsNHSE brings back Tim Ferris to advise on spending
A former national NHS transformation director has been hired by NHS England to advise on how billions of pounds of promised technology funding should be spent, HSJ has learned.
Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: How an ICB became the best place to work (again)
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
HSJ LocalNew £2bn hospital group appoints chair
Two trusts which are forming a hospital group have appointed a new chair.
NewsA&E problem trusts targeted for tech investment
Some of the worst-performing trusts for emergency care performance are set to get funding from NHS England to help manage patient flow through hospital.
HSJ LocalICSs too focused on patients stuck in A&E, warns CEO
Integrated care systems are too focused on getting mental health patients out of A&E and should do more to improve support from non-mental health providers, a departing trust chief executive has warned.
Expert BriefingThe Download: Key data project teeters on the ‘cliff edge’
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
NewsFocus should be on waiting list size, as well as long waiters says planning guidance
NHS England has told local leaders they must start to focus on reducing the overall size of the elective waiting list and not just the longest waiters.
Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: An ICB finds inspiration in Brazil
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
News‘No clear vision’ for national procurement, NHSE warned
The NHS has failed to exploit its purchasing power to save hundreds of millions of pounds after a major procurement shake-up fell far short of its target, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
NewsNHSE ‘reviewing contracts’ over supplier’s racist comments
NHS England is “exploring” relationships between the health service and tech firm TPP — and considering wider measures with other suppliers — in the wake of alleged racist comments by the company’s chief executive Frank Hester, HSJ can reveal.
Expert BriefingThe Download: The choices facing the NHS and Frank Hester
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
NewsPritchard ‘disgusted’ by IT supplier’s ‘racist and violent’ comments
Amanda Pritchard says she “completely shares” concerns about the “racist, sexist and violent” comments alleged to have been made by the chief executive of an NHS IT supplier.
NewsExclusive: Australian AI firm set to win key NHS AI contracts
An Australian tech firm, which is partly backed by one of China’s richest people, is set to win the majority of contracts to deploy new AI diagnosis tools across the NHS, HSJ has learned.
NewsTrusts underspend tech funding despite NHSE push
NHS England’s flagship tech budget to digitise hospitals will be underspent this year, prompting fresh concern about crucial transformation funding not reaching the frontline.