Dr Vin Diwakar
Interim National Director of Transformation, NHS England
Dr Vin Diwakar is the incoming National Director of Transformation in NHS England, leading the NHS’s work nationally in transforming the way that care is delivered, enabling the access to best care and outcomes for people that the NHS serves and the people who work in it. The Directorate achieves this through improving population health and patient pathways, rapidly adopting effective technologies, improving digital maturity, building on insights from data and cutting-edge research, and by transforming the way that care is delivered.
The Directorate’s work comprises delivery of a wide range of innovation, technology, digital, and data programmes of work for the NHS, including high profile priorities such as the Federated Data Platform, Electronic Patient Record national rollout, Digital Heath Therapeutics and the NHS App.
Alongside delivering transformational programmes, the directorate also runs one of the largest IT live service estates in Europe.
Previous to this role Vin was the Medical Director for Transformation in NHS England, providing clinical leadership to improvement and transformation Additionally whilst in this role Vin led teams supporting improvement and transformation of a number of different clinical areas including diagnostics, urgent, emergency, acute and planned care, and was responsible for improving clinical effectiveness.
Formerly Vin provided clinical leadership to London’s health and care system and was a key member of the multi-professional regional team which led the capital through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vin has been in the NHS for 33 years, working as a consultant paediatrician in Birmingham.