RE: Nest six months3 Feb 2022 16:46
House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic - published 9th Jan 2022
https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/8352/documents/85020/default/
Dr Andrew Goddard of the Royal College of Physicians said that the pandemic had provided lots of opportunities to transform, but highlighted that IT architecture in particular posed challenges for innovation: . We want to improve practice, but there is the IT. If I lose my job, it is most likely because I am going to throw my computer out of the window, given the amount of time that doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals waste waiting for IT to work, or for systems to talk to each other so that I know what is happening in my ED. Primary care and secondary care can easily communicate. That is where innovation really needs to happen. An effective IT system throughout the NHS and social care would work wonders.
116. We welcome the Spending Review commitments of £2.1bn in technology and data and believe it is a step in the right direction. We note the publication of the Wade-Gery report on 23 November and agree with its finding that “now is the moment to put data, digital and technology at the heart of how we transform health services for the benefit of citizens, patients and NHS staff
117. We urge the Government to use the Wade-Gery report as a platform to make further progress on the digitalisation of NHS and care services. As Amanda Pritchard, CEO of NHS England, pointed out about a fifth of trusts in the NHS are still largely paper based.This is not acceptable. .
118. There is enormous potential for technology to support a transformation in NHS care that will bring benefits for patients and staff alike. However, this potential will not be realised while many providers still struggle with basic IT infrastructure. The Wade-Gery report calls for a roadmap for the delivery of its recommendations.
119. NHS England must produce its roadmap in response to the Wade-Gery report on Putting data, digital and tech at the heart of transforming the NHS at the earliest opportunity so that we and others are able to scrutinise it ahead of implementation.