David Howell

David is Joint Director for Strategic Business Intelligence and Analytics for Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System (ICS), having started in the NHS 14 years ago as an information analyst. He leads on population health management (PHM) for the ICS and has consulted with the national PHM team to help shape how business intelligence can be used to improve patient care for other parts of the country.  

His background is as a research scientist- having gained a degree and masters in biomedical sciences from the University of Southampton. He has a strong technical background, with experience designing, building and implementing full end-to-end business intelligence platforms and award-winning innovations. In each role undertaken, David has gone on to outsource his solutions to other stakeholders across health and care and reinvest income streams back into the NHS, he has also been asked by NHSE to help review struggling organisations. He has been a guest speaker across the country for his work, including education and training on the use of Artificial Intelligence (Ai).