Meet the chair: Sharing, Influencing and Living in a Digital Scotland #DigiFest2024
- Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
- Type: News Item
- Published: 18th October 2024
Our Sharing, Influencing and Living in a Digital Scotland event will take place on Tuesday 29 October 9am-5pm at the Radisson Blu, Glasgow

Pennie Taylor, award-winning journalist, and health and care specialist
Pennie is an award-winning freelance journalist and broadcaster who specialises in health and care issues. Based in Glasgow, she was BBC Scotland’s first Health Correspondent and has also worked on the news desks of national newspapers.
A former Head of Communications for the Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust in Edinburgh, Pennie has inside knowledge of how public services work. This gives her a uniquely informed perspective from which to approach and stimulate debate.
Our Sharing, Influencing and Living in a Digital Scotland event is now at capacity. If you would like to join the waitlist, please contact dhcscot@alliance-scotland.org.uk
You can also join us remotely on the day, we are hosting a hybrid panel discussion and Q&A on the topic of ‘Good Practice in AI in Healthcare: The Rights and Wrongs’. This session will be hosted on Zoom. Please contact dhsc@alliance-scotland.org.uk to register.
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