2021-22 programme details
Primary Care: Primary Care Innovation and Digital & Tech Enabled Care in Care and Community settings Context for our work: The NHS Long Term Plan (LTP) set out the ambitions for improvement over a decade, following the funding settlement announced by the government in July 2018. The plan confirms the importance of technology in the future NHS, setting out the critical priorities for digital transformation that will provide a step change in the way the NHS cares for citizens. The LTP stipulated that “by 2023/24 every patient in England will be able to access a digital first primary care offer”. To deliver this the LTP initiated the Digital First programme in January 2019 as a technology-enabled change initiative. The landscape has changed significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic and new models of digital care are emerging and the landscape is ripe for adoption.
Aims: To unlock opportunities in the health and care sector to deliver clear, measurable benefit to the health economy with interventions based on a solid foundation of frontline insight with the user at the centre, striving to ensure inclusivity across primary care, community and care settings.
Key objectives: Enable NHS Long Term Plan delivery by; • Focusing on co-designing and implementing a digital ‘front door’ to NHS services which integrates different organisations and their IT solutions to support the adoption of technologies • Recognising that to truly redefine patient pathways, full end-to-end patient journeys should be considered, and that clinicians and staff should be at the heart of transformation. This includes working across ICSs, acute and community providers, amongst other services. Support the delivery of national, regional and local initiatives by; • Directly supporting the achievement of several nationally mandated commitments, as outlined in the LTP, AHSN Commission and the PCN Network DES. Provide an opportunity to implement programmes of improvement locally, focusing primarily on the application of technology to develop greater interoperability supporting patient and clinical pathways by; • Ensuring consistency in delivery approaches • Understanding the extent of local strategy development, the governance aspects involved in joining digital and primary care initiatives • Reflecting strategic priorities in programme and project plans.
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