Rhidian Hurle, Consultant Urological Surgeon, formerly Medical Director NHS Wales Informatics Services, Joint clinical lead for AMBU urology services, AMBU Associate Medical Director (IM&T), RCS Surgical Tutor for Princess of Wales Hospital, and the first to be appointed National CCIO within the UK nations. Here Rhidian explains the approach they are taking in Wales to shared care records, and why he is such a keen advocate for collecting, storing and sharing patient information.

Following the World Health Expo (WHX) held in Dubai during February, Anthony Dibble, Principal Solutions Engineer based in Dubai, reflects on the consistent patterns observed from discussions across the Middle East region.