The government is making “inadequate” progress on its commitment to digitise the NHS and social care, according to a report from a panel of independent experts.
The panel was created by the Health and Social Care Select Committee of MPs to measure the progress made in the government's digitalisation efforts against a range of commitments made in a 2022 policy paper.
These commitments included boosting the use of the official NHS App as a way of allowing people to access more personalised care, as well as manage their health more independently.
However, the expert panel’s report rated the government’s progress as either requiring improvement or inadequate in several of these areas.
“What is particularly disappointing is that the government recognises that the digitisation of the NHS is essential to bring about real benefits to patients, for example by helping them to monitor and manage long-term health conditions independently," said Professor Dame...