Dr Margaret Whoriskey MBE
Director of Technology Enabled Care and Digital Healthcare Innovation, Scottish Government
Margaret is responsible for the Scottish Government's Technology Enabled Care Programme. She also has a lead role in development of policy on Technology Enabled Care and a sponsorship role for the Scottish Centre for Telehealth and Telecare. She is active in the European arena and European Innovation Partnership (EIP).
Up until November 2015 Margaret was Director of the Joint Improvement Team (JIT) in Scotland, having joined when it was established in 2005. The Joint Improvement Team was a unique partnership between the Scottish Government, COSLA, NHS Scotland, and the third, independent care and housing sectors, tasked with accelerating the pace of local change and improving the quality of Scotland’s health and social care and support services.


