Vin Diwakar, medical director for transformation at NHS England, said that fixing digital and data infrastructure is a key national priority Other priorities for digital transformation include modernising data platforms, delivering high-quality national services and transforming citizen interactions He confirmed that NHSE is working closely with the UK government on shared ambitions for technology, data innovation and improvement “Fixing the basic digital and data infrastructure of the NHS,” is a key national priority, said Vin Diwakar, medical director for transformation at NHS England. Speaking at the Health Excellence Through Technology (HETT) conference on 25 September 2024, Diwakar quoted results of a 2022 British Medical Association survey , in which only 11% of doctors said they had the basic tools for their jobs and more than 70% said that a lack of interoperability was the biggest barrier to integrated care. “We’ve not been doing nothing, over the last few years we’ve supported 160 trusts to either upgrade or get a new electronic patient record (EPR),” Diwakar said. He added that 97% of trusts will have an EPR in place by March 2026 , which he said “is not fast enough but they will have one”, and the remaining 3% will […]
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