Digital Health November 26, 2025
The ‘shift to digital’ poses unique opportunities and challenges for social care, writes Kathryn Marsden OBE, chief executive at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
The 10 year health plan maps out how the government intends to bring the NHS back from an “existential brink” and improve healthcare outcomes in England, underpinned by three core ambitions or radical shifts – one of which is the shift from analogue to digital.
While the plan frames this mostly through the lens of primary care reform, it also signals important opportunities and challenges for the social care sector.
Partnership working
We know that there is a persistent lack of digital connectivity within and across the NHS and social care sectors. This can...







