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Digital technology expansion plans for NHS
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced new plans to expand the use of digital technology across the NHS.
Responding to a review of NHS technology conducted by renowned US clinician Bob Wachter, Hunt will establish 12 new global exemplars to pioneer best practice and a new academy dedicated to training NHS staff in digital skills.
The 12 successful NHS organisations will receive up to £10 million and be expected to deliver pioneering approaches to digital services and help others in the NHS to learn from their experience
Hunt said: “Wachter’s excellent review made it clear that digitisation is as much about people as it is technology, and that this is a real opportunity to improve patient care for the long term. We want to fast track existing digital excellence, as well as nurture new skills and expertise that we will need to deliver a new breed of digitised services.
“This means on the one hand giving pioneering NHS organisations the financial backing to unleash their full potential, while also making sure that we can build a digitally-confident workforce across the whole NHS.”
The 12 global exemplar trusts will be: City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust; Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust; Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust; Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Luton & Dunstable University Hospital NHS Trust; West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust; University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; and University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.
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