NHS signs new Microsoft deal worth three-quarters of a billion pounds

NHS signs new Microsoft deal worth three-quarters of a billion pounds NHS England has announced a new £774m licensing deal for Microsoft productivity apps and products including Office365 and Teams for 1.5m NHS staff.

The deal includes licensing for Microsoft security solutions to provide capabilities around threat protection, data governance and compliance.

NHS England claims the new five-year deal, which replaces a 2020 agreement, will save the health service millions of pounds. The deal works out at £155m per year.

However, Digital Health News understands that every one of the 42 Integrated Care Boards in England will have to find up to half a million pounds extra each to help pay for the complex deal, placing further pressure on already stretched ICB budgets.