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1/ Likely to get swamped by the US election, but this report from @CommonsPAC contains some punchy findings on the state of digital transformation in the NHS... https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/127/public-accounts-committee/news/120548/dhsc-and-nhs-need-to-move-on-from-their-track-record-of-failed-it-programmes/
2/ What should £8.1bn of taxpayers money get you?
The PAC has concluded that no-one knows. It calls for NHSx to urgently set out an implementation plan and to demonstrate how interventions will add value to patients and clinicians.
The PAC has concluded that no-one knows. It calls for NHSx to urgently set out an implementation plan and to demonstrate how interventions will add value to patients and clinicians.
3/ And what about Governance?
The Committee says that it is 'complex and confused' - with overlapping work and an absence of necessary mechanisms in place for financial audit.
The Committee says that it is 'complex and confused' - with overlapping work and an absence of necessary mechanisms in place for financial audit.
4/ The have and the have-nots.
The Committee says there's huge variation in NHS Trusts. Requiring match-funding may exacerbate problems, as digital maturity becomes attainable only for those Trusts in financial surplus.
The Committee says there's huge variation in NHS Trusts. Requiring match-funding may exacerbate problems, as digital maturity becomes attainable only for those Trusts in financial surplus.
5/ In summary: an unflinching assessment of where technology policy is in the NHS (disruption of coronavirus notwithstanding).
Two years after the establishment of NHSx the critics are feeling more emboldened to point out what is and is not going well.
Two years after the establishment of NHSx the critics are feeling more emboldened to point out what is and is not going well.
