Appointment of chief digital officer for UHD 

Beverley Bryant has been appointed chief digital officer for University Hospitals Dorset to lead our digital strategy. She joins us from Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Trust and Kings College Hospitals NHS Trust where she was joint chief digital information officer. Beverley led the major transformation of all clinical applications and workflows to bring IT systems together across the trusts. As part of her role at UHD, she will take our executive lead for the creation of the new electronic health record (EHR) in partnership with trusts and both Integrated Care Boards across Dorset and Somerset.

Siobhan Harrington, our CEO said: “I am very pleased that Beverley is joining us at UHD at this exciting time. She has a wealth of experience in implementing digital strategies and large-scale IT projects across complex organisations that we will need to help us provide the best care for our patients. I would also like to thank Ward Priestman for all that he has done as interim chief informatics officer.” 

Rob Whiteman, Chair of UHD said: “We are very lucky to have someone of Beverley’s track record and reputation joining us. She has also been a passionate leader for diversity and inclusion with her roles in the NHS and will strengthen our work across UHD to make our trust a great place to work.”

Beverley said: “I am delighted to have been offered this role at UHD. I am excited to lead the Trust’s digital agenda and also look forward to supporting the Trust’s wider strategic ambitions”

Beverley’s previous roles have included director of digital technology for NHS England and chief information officer for the Department of Health. She will start as CDO at UHD on 28 October 2024.