Andy Callow
@andycallow.bsky.social
Husband, Dad to 3 lovely lads. CDTO for Nottingham University Hospitals. Into digital stuff, Boston United, books, cycling, learning. Personal account. Views own
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Andy Callow
@andycallow.bsky.social
· Nov 6
Reflections: 18 months into NUH CDIO role
A longer reflection at the 18 month point into my role as Chief Digital & Transformation Officer at Nottingham University Hospitals.
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I’m now at 18 months into my role as Chief Digital & Transformation Officer at Nottingham University Hospitals. This is my reflection on the last 6 months.
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Tonight on the menu:
Top: Chicken Handi
Bottom: Spicy Gourmet Chicken Kebab
Top: Chicken Handi
Bottom: Spicy Gourmet Chicken Kebab
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Tonight on the menu:
Top: Chicken Handi
Bottom: Spicy Gourmet Chicken Kebab
Top: Chicken Handi
Bottom: Spicy Gourmet Chicken Kebab
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TL;DR: To the Moon and Back - Taking our Nervecentre EPR live
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TL;DR: To the Moon and Back - Taking our Nervecentre EPR live
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Weeknotes s07e25
TL;DR: To the Moon and Back — Taking our Nervecentre EPR live
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November 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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TL;DR: To the Moon and Back - Taking our Nervecentre EPR live
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TL;DR: To the Moon and Back - Taking our Nervecentre EPR live
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Weeknotes s07e24
TL;DR: At last — commencing the Nervecentre Electronic Patient Record go-live!
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TL;DR: At last — commencing the Nervecentre Electronic Patient Record go-live!
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Weeknotes s07e24
TL;DR: At last — commencing the Nervecentre Electronic Patient Record go-live!
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October 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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TL;DR: At last — commencing the Nervecentre Electronic Patient Record go-live!
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TL;DR: At last — commencing the Nervecentre Electronic Patient Record go-live!
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Weeknotes s07e23
TL;DR: In the spotlight for various things. Reaching an EPR milestone and heading into the final 2 weeks before go-live.
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TL;DR: In the spotlight for various things. Reaching an EPR milestone and heading into the final 2 weeks before go-live.
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Weeknotes s07e23
TL;DR: In the spotlight for various things. Reaching an EPR milestone and heading into the final 2 weeks before go-live.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Weeknotes s07e23
TL;DR: In the spotlight for various things. Reaching an EPR milestone and heading into the final 2 weeks before go-live.
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TL;DR: In the spotlight for various things. Reaching an EPR milestone and heading into the final 2 weeks before go-live.
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Cooked up today... Top is Veg Korma and bottom is Kothu Roti. First go at both.
October 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Cooked up today... Top is Veg Korma and bottom is Kothu Roti. First go at both.
Weeknotes s07e22
TL;DR: Learning from Full Dress Rehearsal and an old pal. Significant progress in EPR programme metrics. Board Development eye openers.
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TL;DR: Learning from Full Dress Rehearsal and an old pal. Significant progress in EPR programme metrics. Board Development eye openers.
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Weeknotes s07e22
TL;DR: Learning from Full Dress Rehearsal and an old pal. Significant progress in EPR programme metrics. Board Development eye openers.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Weeknotes s07e22
TL;DR: Learning from Full Dress Rehearsal and an old pal. Significant progress in EPR programme metrics. Board Development eye openers.
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TL;DR: Learning from Full Dress Rehearsal and an old pal. Significant progress in EPR programme metrics. Board Development eye openers.
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Time to review my personal goals at Q3.
TL;DR: A pretty decent quarter. Going to miss the book target unless I hibernate for the next three months.
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TL;DR: A pretty decent quarter. Going to miss the book target unless I hibernate for the next three months.
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Personal Goals Review 2025 #3
I set out some personal goals for 2025. It’s now time to review at the end of Q3
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October 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Time to review my personal goals at Q3.
TL;DR: A pretty decent quarter. Going to miss the book target unless I hibernate for the next three months.
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TL;DR: A pretty decent quarter. Going to miss the book target unless I hibernate for the next three months.
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Weeknotes s07e21
TL;DR: Presenting on Accountability and Refection. The lead in and start of our EPR Full Dress Rehearsal. Tackling the backlog.
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TL;DR: Presenting on Accountability and Refection. The lead in and start of our EPR Full Dress Rehearsal. Tackling the backlog.
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Weeknotes s07e21
TL;DR: Presenting on Accountability and Refection. The lead in and start of our EPR Full Dress Rehearsal. Tackling the backlog.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Weeknotes s07e21
TL;DR: Presenting on Accountability and Refection. The lead in and start of our EPR Full Dress Rehearsal. Tackling the backlog.
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TL;DR: Presenting on Accountability and Refection. The lead in and start of our EPR Full Dress Rehearsal. Tackling the backlog.
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Wave Pictures at Yellow Arch Studios Sheffield on a school night.
October 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Wave Pictures at Yellow Arch Studios Sheffield on a school night.
Weeknotes s07e20
TL;DR: Development sessions with TLT and Deputies. Internet outage at City. Football FOMO. Hopefully avoiding AI “Workslop”.
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TL;DR: Development sessions with TLT and Deputies. Internet outage at City. Football FOMO. Hopefully avoiding AI “Workslop”.
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Weeknotes s07e20
TL;DR: Development sessions with TLT and Deputies. Internet outage at City. Football FOMO. Hopefully avoiding AI “Workslop”.
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September 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Weeknotes s07e20
TL;DR: Development sessions with TLT and Deputies. Internet outage at City. Football FOMO. Hopefully avoiding AI “Workslop”.
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TL;DR: Development sessions with TLT and Deputies. Internet outage at City. Football FOMO. Hopefully avoiding AI “Workslop”.
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Reflections at the 2.5 year point. A look back at the past 6 months in my role as Chief Digital & Transformation Officer at Nottingham University Hospitals.
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Reflections: 2.5 years into NUH CDTO role
A look back at the past 6 months in my role as Chief Digital & Transformation Officer at Nottingham University Hospitals.
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September 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Reflections at the 2.5 year point. A look back at the past 6 months in my role as Chief Digital & Transformation Officer at Nottingham University Hospitals.
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On the menu tonight. Bo Kho, a Vietnamese dish from The Curry Guy one pot book.
September 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
On the menu tonight. Bo Kho, a Vietnamese dish from The Curry Guy one pot book.
A trip to Belton House. Never miss a chance for a quick nap
September 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A trip to Belton House. Never miss a chance for a quick nap
Weeknotes s07e19
TL;DR: NHS.Net authentication whack-a-mole. Patient record access audits. Midlands Digital Skills Development Conference.
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TL;DR: NHS.Net authentication whack-a-mole. Patient record access audits. Midlands Digital Skills Development Conference.
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TL;DR: NHS.Net authentication whack-a-mole. Patient record access audits. Midlands Digital Skills Development Conference.
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September 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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TL;DR: NHS.Net authentication whack-a-mole. Patient record access audits. Midlands Digital Skills Development Conference.
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TL;DR: NHS.Net authentication whack-a-mole. Patient record access audits. Midlands Digital Skills Development Conference.
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Weeknotes s07e18
TL;DR: AI ain’t gonna solve my inbox just yet. EPR delay. Goodbye to Matt and Mandy.
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TL;DR: AI ain’t gonna solve my inbox just yet. EPR delay. Goodbye to Matt and Mandy.
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Weeknotes s07e18
TL;DR: AI ain’t gonna solve my inbox just yet. EPR delay. Goodbye to Matt and Mandy.
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September 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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TL;DR: AI ain’t gonna solve my inbox just yet. EPR delay. Goodbye to Matt and Mandy.
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TL;DR: AI ain’t gonna solve my inbox just yet. EPR delay. Goodbye to Matt and Mandy.
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Having sat through a few interview presentations over the past few months, I'd added my views as part of my "How Not to Suck" series.
TL;DR: Don’t answer the question. Close Powerpoint. Focus on the content. Use slides if you have to. Deliver well.
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TL;DR: Don’t answer the question. Close Powerpoint. Focus on the content. Use slides if you have to. Deliver well.
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How not to suck at Interview Presentations
TL;DR: Don’t answer the question. Close Powerpoint. Focus on the content. Use slides if you have to. Deliver well.
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August 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Having sat through a few interview presentations over the past few months, I'd added my views as part of my "How Not to Suck" series.
TL;DR: Don’t answer the question. Close Powerpoint. Focus on the content. Use slides if you have to. Deliver well.
andy-callow.medium.com/how-not-to-s...
TL;DR: Don’t answer the question. Close Powerpoint. Focus on the content. Use slides if you have to. Deliver well.
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Trying to get on my email backlog over the weekend.
Started with 278 unread emails + a load of other read but not actioned.
End of process = #InboxZero and 41 emails in outbox.
So I had to read c.300 emails just to work out which ones required my attention and response.
Email is poor ROI.
Started with 278 unread emails + a load of other read but not actioned.
End of process = #InboxZero and 41 emails in outbox.
So I had to read c.300 emails just to work out which ones required my attention and response.
Email is poor ROI.
August 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Trying to get on my email backlog over the weekend.
Started with 278 unread emails + a load of other read but not actioned.
End of process = #InboxZero and 41 emails in outbox.
So I had to read c.300 emails just to work out which ones required my attention and response.
Email is poor ROI.
Started with 278 unread emails + a load of other read but not actioned.
End of process = #InboxZero and 41 emails in outbox.
So I had to read c.300 emails just to work out which ones required my attention and response.
Email is poor ROI.
Weeknotes s07e17
TL;DR: EMAP DDC half-year review. Inpatient ordering floor walking. Inspired by interview candidates.
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TL;DR: EMAP DDC half-year review. Inpatient ordering floor walking. Inspired by interview candidates.
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TL;DR: EMAP DDC half-year review. Inpatient ordering floor walking. Inspired by interview candidates.
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August 9, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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TL;DR: EMAP DDC half-year review. Inpatient ordering floor walking. Inspired by interview candidates.
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TL;DR: EMAP DDC half-year review. Inpatient ordering floor walking. Inspired by interview candidates.
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Weeknotes s07e16
TL;DR: Thinking about record audits. Email quicksand. How many systems do we have anyway? Celebrating South Asian Heritage.
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TL;DR: Thinking about record audits. Email quicksand. How many systems do we have anyway? Celebrating South Asian Heritage.
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Weeknotes s07e16
TL;DR: Thinking about record audits. Email quicksand. How many systems do we have anyway? Celebrating South Asian Heritage.
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July 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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TL;DR: Thinking about record audits. Email quicksand. How many systems do we have anyway? Celebrating South Asian Heritage.
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TL;DR: Thinking about record audits. Email quicksand. How many systems do we have anyway? Celebrating South Asian Heritage.
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I set out some personal goals for 2025 and have just completed a review of progress at Q2.
TL;DR: Nailing the cycling. Need to get back on the books and get the research complete.
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TL;DR: Nailing the cycling. Need to get back on the books and get the research complete.
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Personal Goals Review 2025 #2
Here we go again. I set out some personal goals for 2025. It’s now time to review progress at the end of Q2
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June 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I set out some personal goals for 2025 and have just completed a review of progress at Q2.
TL;DR: Nailing the cycling. Need to get back on the books and get the research complete.
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TL;DR: Nailing the cycling. Need to get back on the books and get the research complete.
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TL;DR: Busy weekends. Development days and my Lumina Spark. Visit to Digital Clinical Team and the HSJ Awards.
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TL;DR: Busy weekends. Development days and my Lumina Spark. Visit to Digital Clinical Team and the HSJ Awards.
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Weeknotes s07e15
TL;DR: Busy weekends. Development days and my Lumina Spark. Visit to Digital Clinical Team and the HSJ Awards.
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June 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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TL;DR: Busy weekends. Development days and my Lumina Spark. Visit to Digital Clinical Team and the HSJ Awards.
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TL;DR: Busy weekends. Development days and my Lumina Spark. Visit to Digital Clinical Team and the HSJ Awards.
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🧵 1/9 It could have mattered.
Nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds deprived of oxygen should have chastened the world to become allies, and not just for a summer.
A man being murdered by those who should protect and serve should have been an indelible metaphor.
Nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds deprived of oxygen should have chastened the world to become allies, and not just for a summer.
A man being murdered by those who should protect and serve should have been an indelible metaphor.
May 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🧵 1/9 It could have mattered.
Nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds deprived of oxygen should have chastened the world to become allies, and not just for a summer.
A man being murdered by those who should protect and serve should have been an indelible metaphor.
Nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds deprived of oxygen should have chastened the world to become allies, and not just for a summer.
A man being murdered by those who should protect and serve should have been an indelible metaphor.
I was let loose with a book token in @waterstones.bsky.social and a @oxfamgb.bsky.social book shop on a wet Bank Holiday Monday. Came back with this little haul 😊! Now need some more time off to get though them!
#booksky
#booksky
May 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I was let loose with a book token in @waterstones.bsky.social and a @oxfamgb.bsky.social book shop on a wet Bank Holiday Monday. Came back with this little haul 😊! Now need some more time off to get though them!
#booksky
#booksky
Weeknotes s07e14
TL;DR: EPR Stage 4 readiness assessment. Team visits. Board paper prep.
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TL;DR: EPR Stage 4 readiness assessment. Team visits. Board paper prep.
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TL;DR: EPR Stage 4 readiness assessment. Team visits. Board paper prep.
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May 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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TL;DR: EPR Stage 4 readiness assessment. Team visits. Board paper prep.
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TL;DR: EPR Stage 4 readiness assessment. Team visits. Board paper prep.
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Tonight it's Eurovision... But for me, it's mainly about the food!
May 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Tonight it's Eurovision... But for me, it's mainly about the food!