Fireside Chat with Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hear how Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals are empowering staff with intelligent automation to increase efficiency and deliver effective service transformation. Neil Picton, Head of Workforce Engagement & Information at NUTH, shares his secrets to running a successful automation programme during the pandemic, as well as his vision for improving interoperability, innovation and collaboration in the modern workforce. We will also be joined by Jorge Ruiz, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Front Office Solutions at Automation Anywhere, to discuss how automation can help make the NHS the Best Place to Work by enhancing staff engagement and experience. About our customer speaker: Neil Picton’s journey in the NHS started in 2010 as a part-time systems administrator within the local NHS Commissioning Service. Since then, through his passion for leadership, engagement and his commitment to making the NHS the best place to work, he now leads 7 key corporate services within the Human Resources directorate at the double-outstanding rated Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Neil’s areas of responsibility, as Head of Workforce Engagement & Information, include Recruitment, Temporary Staffing, Workforce Information Systems, Staff Rostering and Staff Experience. Neil has played a pivotal role in introducing Robotic Process Automation into his NHS organisation and has initiated plans for a collaborative network involving other NHS organisations, to co-evolve and accelerate its benefits. “I have a strong belief that everything we do as leaders should be focused around liberating the potential of our people –I believe strongly that RPA will play an essential role in meeting the workforce challenges currently facing the NHS, whilst enhancing staff engagement by enriching and increasing the value of the work we do as humans.”