How healthcare CIOs are winning the battle for funding Watch Now The NHS is not progressing quickly enough with its transformation targets due to a lack of proper funding, outdated IT systems and confused messages around technology strategy, the UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) has found. An NAO report — prepared before the COVID-19 pandemic hit — concluded that NHS organisations faced “significant challenges” in achieving digital maturity and meeting the ambitious targets set by NHS England and Improvement (NHSE&I). This includes targets set out in the NHS Long Term Plan that state all NHS trusts are expected to have reached a core level of digitisation by 2024. SEE: Digital transformation: A CXO’s guide (ZDNet special report) | Download the report as a PDF (TechRepublic) According to the NAO, the current estimated cost of digitally transforming the NHS is £8.1bn, with NHS trusts expected to contribute £3bn of this. However, the report questioned the likelihood of trusts being able to find this funding, pointing out that NHS trusts were currently spending a collective 2% on technology as opposed to the recommended 5%. As such, the NAO labeled investment in upgrading IT systems and improving digital services “inadequate”, meaning digital transformation… Read full this story
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