The NHS’s Digital Shift to Integrated Care
We were also joined by:
- Harvir Singh, Digital Innovations Lead, Black Country & West Birmingham ICS
- Paula Lender-Swain, Head of Public Sector – Tableau
- Amelie Bouiller, Account Executive, Healthcare – Mulesoft
John began by discussing the centralising role that health and care partnerships play across public organisations, distinguishing between statutory (ICBs and ICPs) and delivery (system, place, and neighbourhoods) partnerships. He explained that to overcome fragmented clinical commissioning groups and STPs – which led to cumbersome decision making – the NHS used its Long-Term Plan to call for integration across England’s healthcare system. As a result, STPs and CCGs are to be converted and rolled into ICSs.
After setting out how this transition came to be, Johnpresented an overview of the ICS landscape, highlighting the £1.7bn of funding allocated for digital initiatives. Given the wide variety of staekholders, it is crucial that businesses look to understand who the influencers are on ICS boards.
A significant amount of funding has already been allocated for digital initiatives – totalling £938m – with an additional £700m to be allocated through the Targeted Investment Fund to support the NHS. In addition, NHSX has created the Unified Tech Fund which consists of several national technology funds rolled into one.
In the final section of John’s presentation, he explained that the key to being a successful supplier is to take a proactive approach, emphasising pre-engagement, building relationships early, and keeping a constant eye on tenders.
During the panel, Harvir spoke to concerns around the ambition in the recent white paper on ‘Joining up care for people, places and populations’ that ICSs would pull in data from multiple sources to enable a population health approach. He highlighted issues around the ability of existing digital architecture to handle data from disparate sources, and the need for greater clarity around governance, querying who would take the lead when all partners are equal.
You can watch the full recording here:
Stotles' report on the opportunities emerging for tech suppliers through the Integrated Care System transition is now available to read online.
If you would like to gain insight into digital transformation plans within individual ICSs, you can watch previous techUK events with Surrey Heartlands ICS, NENC ICS, and others.
Robert Walker
Robert Walker
Robert joined techUK in October 2022, where he is now Programme Manager for Health and Social Care.
Robert previously worked at the Pension Protection Fund, within the policy and public affairs team. Prior to this, he worked at the Scottish Parliament, advising politicians and industry stakeholders on a wide range of issues, including rural crime and health policies.
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She is skilled in qualitative and quantitative analysis and comfortable communicating findings to varying stakeholders. Above all, she is deeply passionate about the intersection of technology and government, especially how technology and global discourse shape one another, the processes that lead to belief polarisation and radicalisation of communities, and crafting strategic narratives that steer public discourse.
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Tracy joined techUK in March 2022, having worked in the education sector for 19 years, covering administration, research project support, IT support and event/training support. My most outstanding achievement has been running three very successful international conferences and over 300 training courses booked all over the globe!
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