NHS Digital and techUK to address further digital health and social care challenges
Next steps in technology focused partnership outlined
Next steps in technology focused partnership outlined
NHS Digital and techUK have outlined their view on the future challenges they need to tackle to take their partnership to the next level.
They have agreed six main areas to focus on in 2018. These include working with SMEs enterprises so that they might share in NHS and social care business and continuing to increase interoperability in the sector, building flexibility into technology from the outset.
The jointly agreed priorities for the partnership over the next six months are:
Other areas of interest include horizon scanning for innovative technologies, supporting the security operation centre procurement to help build on current cyber security work and carrying out a strategic review of NHS Digital’s digital transformation programme.
Julian David, Chief Executive Officer for techUK said: “Our partnership with NHS Digital has already achieved so much, with 25 market engagements, seven consultations, and over 1,500 delegates through the door, but this is only the start.
“Now that we have seen a shift towards a more transparent and collaborative way of working with industry, we look forward to deepening that engagement, working together to deliver better health and care outcomes for the whole country.”
Set up towards the end of 2016, the partnership sought to bring suppliers and the NHS together to tackle the challenges and opportunities that the Government’s digital transformation programme for health and social care presents, so that industry could help influence and create the new technologies that will drive innovation.
An annual review of the partnership’s achievements was completed in November 2017. Successes noted in the review included a number of market engagement events and consultations. These engagements have given industry a clear voice in the public health sector and enabled NHS Digital to benefit from the knowledge and experience that suppliers have to offer, earlier in the process.
The full annual report review can be found here.