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'LESS IS MORE – PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF TIME'
Demand for data and digital technologies in the NHS has boomed as a result of the pandemic and the landscape of health and care is unlikely to ever be the same again. Jo Bland, head of strategic engagement and internal comms at NHS Digital, shares how she and her team have supported colleagues as they all navigate shifted priorities in a remote world.
WORDS: ISABEL OVERTON
As a nine-year-old, Jo Bland was once asked what she wanted to be when she was older. Having not given it much thought, she decided there and then that she was going to be an air stewardess.
Had she not discovered on a trip to Greece in her twenties that she, in fact, hated flying, her career trajectory could have been very different.
In the end, she landed a job in the Armed Forces working...
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