Without a proper implementation plan, the Department and NHSX cannot be sure that the £8.1 billion of taxpayers’ money being invested in the digital transformation programme will deliver value for money. The Department’s 2018 Vision for digital, data and technology is not an implementation plan as it does not set out how the NHS will deliver its ambitions in practice. It does not include a timeframe or plan for achieving interoperability, which NHSX acknowledges is an “extremely complex” proc...

Without a proper implementation plan, the Department and NHSX cannot be sure that the £8.1 billion of taxpayers’ money being invested in the digital transformation programme will deliver value for money. The Department’s 2018 Vision for digital, data and technology is not an implementation plan as it does not set out how the NHS will deliver its ambitions in practice. It does not include a timeframe or plan for achieving interoperability, which NHSX acknowledges is an “extremely complex” process and could take “years”. The Department asserts that it will take a “blended” approach to planning, which will take place both nationally and locally Type: conclusion | Number: 3 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 22 Digital Transformation in the NHS Department of Health and Social Care and NHSX