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UK announces £4.2 billion for health technology

February 17, 2016


Jeremy HuntLONDON, U.K. – The British government will invest £4.2 billion in National Health Service technology over the next five years, health secretary Jeremy Hunt (pictured) has said. The money will be invested in making healthcare paperless at the point of care by 2018, and to be using fully digital, interoperable health and social care records by 2020.

Money will also be invested in newer pledges to encourage patients to use online services and apps. In a statement Hunt said: “The NHS has the opportunity to become a world leader in introducing new technology – which means better patient outcomes and a revolution in healthcare at home.”

“On the back of a strong economy, and because of our belief in the NHS and its values, we are investing more than £4 billion across the health system to ease pressure on the frontline and create stronger partnerships between doctor and patient.”

Around £1 billion is earmarked for cyber security and sorting out the NHS’ long running problems with information governance and consent, and around £750 million to support the technology required for out-of-hospital and integrated care.

Another chunk of money, around £400 million, is destined for enabling the NHS to become digital, including a new website – NHS.uk – apps, telehealth and free wi-fi across the NHS. This was a headline-catching initiative announced by Hunt just before Christmas.

Another £250 million will be spent on data for outcomes and research.

Hunt said the investment will help the NHS hit a new target for 25% of all patients with long-term conditions, such as diabetes and cancer, to be able to monitor their health remotely and upload and send real-time data to medical professionals by 2020.

It will also support previously announced patient-facing initiatives, such as the target to have 10% of patients accessing GP services online and via apps by March 2017, and the ‘click and collect’ electronic prescriptions service that is due to supersede EPS R1 and R2.

A statement from the Department of Health says the government wants to learn the lessons from previous technology projects to ensure that IT solutions are “useable and beneficial to the clinical community.”

It has asked US author and IT expert Professor Bob Wachter to review the implementation of technology in the NHS, and his review team is due to report back in June.

Andy Williams, chief executive of the Health and Social Care Information Centre, said: “Over the next few years HSCIC will be focusing on delivering technological solutions that enable better care and that free up time and resources to allow frontline workers to focus on their patients.”

“We are committed to enabling patients to be involved with their care and to have secure access to their medical records, allowing them to take control of their own health and to work in partnership with care providers.”

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