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NHSX
NHSX was a United Kingdom Government unit from early 2019 to early 2022, with responsibility for setting national policy and developing best practice for National Health Service (NHS) technology, digital and data, including data sharing and transparency.
NHSX was established in early 2019 by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, to bring together information technology teams from the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, and NHS Improvement. NHSX worked closely with the Government Digital Service and other relevant government functions. It was led by Matthew Gould. The 'X' in NHSX stood for "user experience". As a budget-holder, NHSX commissioned projects from NHS Digital.
In February 2021 it was announced that NHSX was to be merged into a new NHS England transformation directorate, which would bring together digital and operational improvement teams within NHS England and NHS Improvement. The NHSX brand would be retained.
In November 2021, it was announced that NHSX would be merged with NHS Digital and incorporated into NHS England, and the NHSX brand would be retired. The merger was completed in February 2022.
One of the first initiatives announced in April 2019 was a programme to improve patient experience in the therapy areas of cancer and mental health. It would be a collaboration between technologists, clinicians and policymakers. The goal was to improve access to services for patients, to deliver the right diagnostic information to clinicians, and to provide researchers with healthcare data.
In May 2019, Hancock announced plans to upgrade all hospitals, GP practices and community care services to full fibre connectivity, which is intended to enable more video consultations and improve the speed of access to clinical information.
In a speech delivered on 12 June 2019, Baroness Blackwood, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, identified three delivery priorities for NHSX, which are "focused on how we can make things better for patients and staff as soon as possible". These priorities are:
Underlying these delivery priorities, she noted that the technical priority for NHSX is the creation of a "data-driven ecosystem". It was announced in January 2020 that £40 million was to be dedicated to improving login times for staff, using single sign-on technology.
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NHSX
NHSX was a United Kingdom Government unit from early 2019 to early 2022, with responsibility for setting national policy and developing best practice for National Health Service (NHS) technology, digital and data, including data sharing and transparency.
NHSX was established in early 2019 by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, to bring together information technology teams from the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, and NHS Improvement. NHSX worked closely with the Government Digital Service and other relevant government functions. It was led by Matthew Gould. The 'X' in NHSX stood for "user experience". As a budget-holder, NHSX commissioned projects from NHS Digital.
In February 2021 it was announced that NHSX was to be merged into a new NHS England transformation directorate, which would bring together digital and operational improvement teams within NHS England and NHS Improvement. The NHSX brand would be retained.
In November 2021, it was announced that NHSX would be merged with NHS Digital and incorporated into NHS England, and the NHSX brand would be retired. The merger was completed in February 2022.
One of the first initiatives announced in April 2019 was a programme to improve patient experience in the therapy areas of cancer and mental health. It would be a collaboration between technologists, clinicians and policymakers. The goal was to improve access to services for patients, to deliver the right diagnostic information to clinicians, and to provide researchers with healthcare data.
In May 2019, Hancock announced plans to upgrade all hospitals, GP practices and community care services to full fibre connectivity, which is intended to enable more video consultations and improve the speed of access to clinical information.
In a speech delivered on 12 June 2019, Baroness Blackwood, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, identified three delivery priorities for NHSX, which are "focused on how we can make things better for patients and staff as soon as possible". These priorities are:
Underlying these delivery priorities, she noted that the technical priority for NHSX is the creation of a "data-driven ecosystem". It was announced in January 2020 that £40 million was to be dedicated to improving login times for staff, using single sign-on technology.