Government progress on digitising the NHS rated ‘inadequate’ by Expert Panel

Government progress on digitising the NHS rated ‘inadequate’ by Expert Panel The Government is making inadequate progress on vital commitments to digitise the NHS, an independent panel of experts has found in a new report. The digitisation of health and social care is essential to deliver the promise of improved and better integrated health and social care services, said the Government in a policy paper published in 2022.

Despite some encouraging progress, the Expert Panel found that key Government commitments on workforce and the use of patient information were either not met or were not on track to be met. The Panel found that overall progress towards improving the digital capabilities of the NHS was too slow, and often lacked support and funding. The experts concluded that social care was often missed out in commitments, stifling progress across the health and care system. House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee

See also:

• Government progress on digitising the NHS ‘inadequate’ says Commons Expert Panel Digital Health
• Government rated 'inadequate' on delivering its own plans to digitise the NHS GPonline
• Government efforts to digitise NHS rated ‘inadequate’ and ‘too slow’ by expert panel The Independent