Jade Starkey | HNE SDPR Nursing & Midwifery Lead
Hunter New England

Jade Starkey
Nursing & Midwifery Lead, Hunter New England Health – Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR) Jade Starkey is the Nursing and Midwifery Lead for the Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR) within Hunter New England Health, part of Tranche A and the first Local Health District in NSW to go live. With a diverse clinical background across paediatric and adult settings, Jade brings a grounded, clinician-focused perspective to digital transformation. Her leadership ensures that digital solutions such as SDPR are designed to enhance clinical safety, efficiency, and usability while supporting staff through large-scale change. She has developed sustainable change and engagement frameworks that empower clinicians to adapt confidently, fostering digital capability and ownership across the workforce. Jade is passionate about digital literacy, governance, and harnessing data to drive improvement. Her work is helping to shape a connected and future-ready health system — one that supports clinicians, benefits patients, and sets the benchmark for digital healthcare transformation across NSW.