Digital Health November 24, 2021
The review of NHS IT organisations by Laura Wade-Gery has finally been published, and as exclusively revealed by Digital Health News, recommends the axing of NHS Digital and NHSX.
Instead, the review says that NHS England and Improvement must take over responsibility for digital and data within the wider transformation agenda and embed it at all levels. The decision to implement the core recommendation was announced by NHS England and Improvement CEO, Amanda Pritchard, to staff on November 22.
The review states that despite much good work, digital transformation is currently fragmented across the system, split between different agencies and is “often overshadowed by requirements of the day-to-day”.
It continues: “Many senior leaders see digital as a separate not embedded...