NHS Connecting for Health has appointed James Paton, director of clinical informatics at Queens Hospital, as the clinical director for the UK Terminology Centre.
The new post has been created to ensure SNOMED CT - the standard terminology for the NHS care records service - is responsive to clinical needs.
For more details, see www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk
A former NHS Improvement national medical director has been appointed chair of a Midlands teaching trust.
Senior health and social care leaders have been jointly appointed to head Hertfordshire and West Essex Sustainability and Transformation Partnership.
Sir David Nicholson has been appointed the chair of a West Midlands sustainability and transformation partnership, HSJ can reveal.
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