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Live Teams Demo of CardMedic app, 30mins presentation with opportunity to ask questions. Email Digital Nursing Team with required date to be sent Teams invite.

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📣New translation app launches on the 27th Oct📣

It will automatically download to trust devices on 26th Oct.

Trust emails can be used to create individual logins and generic logins will be created for shared devices.

Please watch short demo video or sign up to the 30min demo. Please note we will not have the Consent feature of the app.

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Maternity Infographic August 2025

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A collaborate research project with University of Liverpool, funded by Nuffield Health, revealed the Minimum Digital Living Standard that people need to participate in our modern world.

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A collaborate research project with University of Liverpool, funded by Nuffield Health, revealed the Minimum Digital Living Standard that people need to participate in our modern world.

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The Minimum Digital Living Standard | Good Things Foundation

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Every household must meet the Minimum Digital Living Standard with adequate internet, equipment & skills for safe, confident digital engagement.

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Updated 2025 statistics on the scale of the Digital Divide across the UK

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The Good Things Foundation - Digital Nation

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The Good Things Foundation - Digital Nation

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What is the state of the UK's digital divide? Each year, Good Things Foundation gathers new facts and stats to reveal the reality of digital exclusion.

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The latest update of our Digital Nation infographic was launched in July 2025. It brings together recent data on digital exclusion and the impact of digital inclusion support from a range of sources, including Lloyds' UK Consumer Digital Index (2024), Ofcom's Affordability and Technology Trackers, survey data from Age UK, and Good Things Foundation's internal monitoring and evaluation work, among others.

Please email our Research, Data & Insights team at research@goodthingsfoundation.org to access any of our previous Digital Nation reports from 2016-2024.

Our Digital Nation accessibility description

Digital Nation 2025 is a picture with statistics about digital inequalities in the UK. The picture shows a river between two banks to convey the digital divide, with images of people, buildings and digital technology arranged around the key statistics. The left bank captures the scale of digital exclusion, how people are facing exclusion from online services, skills and access, who is most likely to be affected, and what the public think. The right bank captures the benefits of receiving digital inclusion support for individuals and for the wider economy and environment.

Four signposts on the left bank of the river, pointing towards the right bank, depict the key aspects of support people need to cross the digital divide: access, skills, confidence and local delivery. There are also three bridges crossing the river, representing the digital inclusion services delivered by Good Things Foundation with strategic and community partners: National Databank, National Device Bank and the National Digital Inclusion Network, including Learn My Way platform.

Good Things Foundation is the UK's leading digital inclusion charity, working in partnership across the UK to Fix the Digital Divide for Good. Each year, we collate statistics from national datasets, public polling, and authoritative analysis to convey key facts about digital exclusion and inclusion in the UK. The full set of sources is provided below.

Scale of the Digital Divide

These statistics are presented in signposts on the horizon of the left bank:

3.7m families are below the minimum digital living standard

7.9m lack basic digital skills

1.9m households struggle to afford their mobile contract

21m adults can't complete the essential digital tasks for work

1.6m adults don't have a smartphone, tablet or laptop

Our Changing Digital World

The following statistics are displayed within the left bank, alongside illustrations of people and buildings that represent the three themes of services, skills and access:

33% of those offline say it's difficult to use council and government services

31% of UK adults don't access health services online

29% of those offline find it difficult to engage with financial services

29% of older people feel left behind by services moving online

53% of companies lack essential AI skills

52% of adults lack basic work digital skills

30% unaware of local access points for device access or internet connection

10% of eligible households signed up for social tariff

People Left Behind

These statistics are also on the left bank, with illustrated characters to represent some of the communities affected by digital exclusion:

69% of those with no basic skills have a disability or impairment

47% of those with no basic skills have no formal qualifications

77% of those with no basic skills are over 65

What the Public Think

At the bottom of the left bank, a group of illustrated characters hold placards displaying the following statistics:

92% think most ESSENTIAL SERVICES require internet access

87% think there should be LOCAL SUPPORT for people who need help using online services

61% believe that there is NOT ENOUGH SUPPORT for people who cannot get online

Digital Inclusion Support

The following statistics are on the right bank, along with illustrations of people, devices and buildings:

7000+ community access points 'The National Digital Inclusion Network'

64k devices collected to date

CO2 saved equivalent to 537k trees

Digital Inclusion Benefits, as a Result of Being Supported

The following statistics are also on the right bank. Some characters on the right bank have speech bubbles, describing further benefits to individuals:

Improving digital skills for life: £13.7 billion benefit to the economy

Improving digital skills for work: £23 billion boost to the economy

I'm happier. 83% say the internet helps them connect with friends and family

I'm more employable. 73% have better opportunities for learning or employment

I'm healthier. 74% can use online tools to help them manage their health

I'm better off. People with high digital engagement save £1,100 more a year

Digital Nation sharing and citation

Please use and share this free resource, crediting Good Things Foundation and linking to our webpage so others can also access the full list of sources. Recommended citation:

Digital Nation 2025, Good Things Foundation.
Sources at: www.goodthingsfoundation.org/policy-and-research/research-and-evidence/research-2024/digital-nation

Digital Nation sources and References

Age UK (2025), Bridging the Digital Divide: Ensuring No One is Left Behind

Cebr, for Good Things Foundation (2022), The economic impact of digital inclusion in the UK

Cebr, in partnership with FutureDotNow (2025), The economic impact of closing the work essential digital skills gap

Good Things Foundation (2024), The Minimum Digital Living Standard

Good Things Foundation (2025a), Internal KPI reporting

Good Things Foundation (2025b), Internal impact reporting. Good Things Foundation send a short survey to all people that have been supported by our network who have given us permission to contact them and for whom we have appropriate contact details. Responses are not incentivised and therefore the data we collect is from a self-selecting, non-representative sample. 2685 responses between Jan 24 and Mar 25

Lloyds Banking Group (2024), 2024 Consumer Digital Index

Ofcom (2024a), Technology Tracker

Ofcom (2024b), Pricing trends for communications services in the UK - December, 2024

Ofcom (2025), Affordability Tracker - January 2025

Public First, for Good Things Foundation (2025), Omnibus polling. Online survey conducted 22nd - 24th April, 2025; sample size 2,009 UK adults, weighted by interlocking age & gender, region and social grade to nationally representative proportions

SoftwareOne (2024), Cloud Skills Report
Vodafone (2023), Realities of the Digital Divide

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What is the state of the UK's digital divide? Each year, Good Things Foundation gathers new facts and stats to reveal the reality of digital exclusion.

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How to answer SGA suspected and detected questions

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How to answer SGA suspected and detected questions

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Examples of how to answer AN SGA suspected and detected questions in Pre-delivery FINAL

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Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England

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Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England

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NHS England patients with Type 1 diabetes will now be eligible for life-changing continuous glucose monitors after the health service secured a new cut-price deal. The wearable arm gadget sends information to a mobile app and allows diabetes patients to keep track of their glucose levels at all times without having to scan or take [...]

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NHS England patients with Type 1 diabetes will now be eligible for life-changing continuous glucose monitors after the health service secured a new cut-price deal. The wearable arm gadget sends information to a mobile app and allows diabetes patients to keep track of their glucose levels at all times without having to scan or take [...]

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Flowcharts for completion of Euroking September 2025

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Flowcharts for completion of Euroking September 2025

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Maternity Infographic March 2025

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Maternity infographics V2 March 2025 Hospital Births totaled 

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Maternity Diginews November 2024 - February 2025

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Maternity Diginews Nov 2024 - February 2025

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QR code to Digital Maternity Spotify playlist 

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Digital Maternity Team - digital related podcasts on Spotify playlist (QR code below)

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Spotify playlist - Digital Maternity Team

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Euroking Statsbuilder requires an update!

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Euroking Statsbuilder requires an update!

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For those who use Euroking Statsbuilder or who would like to apply to use (Key users, Managers and Specialist Midwives) we need to update it from version 1.4 to 1.7 - please log your details in this above Microsoft Form and we will arrange with IT to get it updated.

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Easily create surveys and polls to collect customer feedback, measure employee satisfaction, and organize team events.

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Updates to Named Midwife and Lead Care Professional

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Updates to Named Midwife and Lead Care Professional

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Care Professionals Topform Intranet Guide version 3.0

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Dedicated padlet for Euroking National Patient Safety! 

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Dedicated padlet for Euroking National Patient Safety! 

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Can be used for both first PN discharge or PN readmission

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Discharge to Community-Mother v2.0_ 12.11.24 

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Manual registration of Baby NHS numbers to SPINE

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Manual registration of Baby NHS numbers to SPINE

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Requires specific PDS Midwife access on smartcard - Ward Managers, DS Co-ordinators and Digital Maternity Team

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NCRS Generating a NHS number for a baby when the Mother's NHS number is known 17.11.2023

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AN contact proforma - Smoking Cessation v.1.2 - Updated 13.11.2024

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AN telephone contact proforma v.1.2 - updated 13.11.2024

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AN contact proforma - Triage ADU PAU v1.2 updated 13.11.2024

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AN telephone contact proforma v.1.2 - updated 13.11.2024

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AN Care Plan only proforma- November 2024

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Booking proforma 3 of 4 - Current Pregnancy 

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Booking proforma 3 of 4 - Current Pregnancy 

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Shared J Drive - Maternity folder - Euroking documents - Booking - Current pregnancy

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Booking Proforma 2 of 4 - Past Obstetric History (Mother and Baby)

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Booking Proforma 2 of 4 - Past Obstetric History (Mother and Baby)

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Past Obstetric History v.1.2 updated 13.11.2024

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Booking Proforma 1 of 4 - Past Medical and Surgical History

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Booking Proforma 1 of 4 - Past Medical and Surgical History

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'Previously Printed Reports' in the 'Patient' tab above the Patient banner will show the PDF summary of completed workflows such as AN booking, Birth and AN/PN discharges (no current PDF summary for each AN Contact or Final discharge as yet). Even if an answer has been changed since, this document will not change. If you regenerate it, however, it will save the updated answers into the PDF as a new copy. Therefore please do not use 'regenerate and print' to simply view information, this is used to update/correct the latest version of the PDF summary.

'Key User' EuroKing access level and above can also access the background audit tool called TopView which will allow you to view the saved answer to each question in the questionnaires without it affecting the workflows/PDFs.

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What if I need to return into a Completed Questionnaire?

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The only supported use-cases for opening a Completed Questionnaire, is to correct an input error or to enter the EDD by scan results into the 'Current Pregnancy' questionnaire:

The below process is advised to users who have a need to correct their input:

1. Open the Questionnaire

2. Skip to the question that requires correction

3. Update the answer

4. Save the answer

5. Skip down to select the final question in the Questionnaire

6. Save to complete the Questionnaire

This approach limits interaction with the background Workflow logic as much as possible, and so mitigates

most of the risk.

If any issues arise, then the user should contact the Digital Maternity Team so they can log a ticket with the Magentus helpdesk to seek resolution support.

This is the only supported use-case for re-entering a completed questionnaire.

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Consider every green ticked workflow as "locked"

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Please do not access closed pregnancies unless absolutely necessary

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Why should I not open a Completed Questionnaire?

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Why should I not open a Completed Questionnaire?

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Reactivating the workflow logic can result in:

• False Live integration updates,

• If there are rules in place related to the gestational weeks, then the Questionnaire may not present differently as compared to previously seen when completed by the user.

• Likewise, if any new questions have been delivered since the Completed Questionnaire was compiled, or if any have been disabled since, then again the user is likely to be confused at the Questionnaire being presented to them as it now shows differently.

All Questionnaires should be completed as quickly as feasibly possible once started.

Users should not re-enter a Questionnaire once it is complete.

Following these 2 simple user requirements will mitigate most risks.

However, we understand that at times clinicians are required to pause a Questionnaire once started (medical emergency, for example) or have need to re-enter a completed one at times (to correct an input error, for example).

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Unfortunately we did not get approved this time round for free devices, but.....Virgin Media O2 have pledged to rehome up to 1,000 pre-owned devices per month to charities across the UK via its partnerships with Hubbub and Good Things Foundation in 2025! So watch this space.

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Dedicated padlet for Euroking National Patient Safety! 

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Dedicated padlet for Euroking National Patient Safety! 

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DHSC to review clinical risk standards for digital health tech

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Another great piece of work from our Jen Pountain!

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Another great piece of work from our Jen Pountain!

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Maternity & Midwifery Forum on Instagram: "The principles of Personalised Care and Support Planning (PCSP) have been embedded in maternity transformation in the NHS. Jennifer Pountain, Community Midwife for Cheadle and Bramhall, Visiting lecturer in Public Health, University of Salford and previous Population Health Fellow NHSE, challenges us to address health literacy as an aspect of public health and PCSP going forward. Read Jennifer's article by tapping the link in our bio. #midwives #midwife #midwifery #pregnancy #birth #pregnant #empoweredbirth #MidwiferyForum #infantfeeding #studentmidwife #midwifelife #aspiringmidwife #midwiferystudent #midwiferyhour #personalisedcare"

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21 likes, 2 comments - midwiferyforum on October 8, 2024: "The principles of Personalised Care and Support Planning (PCSP) have been embedded in maternity transformation in the NHS. Jennifer Pountain, Community Midwife for Cheadle and Bramhall, Visiting lecturer in Public Health, University of Salford and previous Population Health Fellow NHSE, challenges us to address health literacy as an aspect of public health and PCSP going forward.

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Digital Health and Care Wales to procure digital maternity solution for NHS Wales 

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Digital Health and Care Wales to procure digital maternity solution for NHS Wales 

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Digital Health and Care Wales to procure digital maternity solution for NHS Wales - htn

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Digital Health and Care Wales has shared plans to procure a new commercial, off-the-shelf digital maternity solution for NHS Wales.

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Leadership: Digital Health Network launches a new ‘state of the nation’ survey of clinical digital leaders

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In 2016 a CCIO network survey revealed that only 44% of CCIOs had the authority to carry out their roles effectively. Will the 2024 survey show improvement? By Penny Kechagioglou

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Digital Health Unplugged: The alternative approach to EPR implementation

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Listen to this episode from Digital Health Unplugged on Spotify. In the latest episode of the Digital Health Unplugged Networks series, Jordan Sollof is joined by Mark Hutchinson, vice-president of healthcare strategy and transformation at Altera Digital Health, to talk all things electronic patient records (EPRs).

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Still plans for digitising the child red book

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Still plans for digitising the child red book

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Labour reveals plan to digitise NHS personal child health records

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Parents and NHS would be able to monitor vaccinations and checkups through digital version of ‘red book’

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Rony Arafin, the Director of Insights at the British Heart Foundation and CEO of The Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts (AphA), discusses his mission to prove how data can save lives in this podcast. With over 15 years in the NHS, Rony’s belief in data’s power drives his efforts to revolutionise patient care. He emphasises the need for mentorship and diversity, as fresh perspectives are vital for healthcare innovation.

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Data Can Save Your Life: The Power of Analytics in Healthcare with Rony Arafin

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Maternity Infographic September 2024

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Maternity infographics V2 Landscape September 2024

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Maternity Infographic August 2024

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Maternity Infographic July 2024

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Maternity infographics V2 Landscape July 2024 v3

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Digital tech is key to 'neighbourhood health', says The King's Fund

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The King's Fund says that digital technology is key to achieving a 'neighbourhood health service'

It found that community providers experience difficulties accessing digital transformation funding

A report calls for NHS and social care staff to be involved in developing or selecting IT systems

Digital technology is key to delivering the new government's ambition of moving care closer to home, says a report from The King's Fund.
In its manifesto, Labour calls for a move towards a 'neighbourhood health service', with resources shifted to primary care and community services so that more care can be delivered in the community.

The King's Fund report, commissioned by software firm Nourish, says that to achieve this vision digital technologies in GPs, pharmacies, community trusts and care providers must be bolstered.

It adds that technology could help reduce hospital admissions, improve patient experience and outcomes, and help people with ongoing care needs to live independent lives.

The report, which draws on a roundtable with national stakeholders and expert research, finds that community providers experience difficulties accessing the funding needed to digitally transform and improve services, which exacerbates variation in digital tools available to staff and patients.

It says that although some integrated care systems are working to tailor services to the individual, many digital technologies in community settings are built with hospitals in mind.

This can lead to frustration that the kit does not always cater for mobile working for staff such as district nurses, who reported struggles connecting to the internet, poor battery life and heavy laptops.

Some NHS staff reported that electronic records software can interrupt workflows, and said that staff are left to duplicate tasks across different systems.

The King's Fund concludes that NHS and social care staff in the community should be involved in developing or selecting systems that will work best for them.

Pritesh Mistry, fellow in digital technologies at The King's Fund, said that "thoughtful adoption of digital technology in community settings" is key to achieving the government's pledge to refocus the NHS towards primary and community care.

He added that underinvestment in digital technology in community settings has held back improvements to care and is "frustrating staff and patients alike".

"As the country's population ages and expectations around how to access health care services change, investment in these areas has become increasingly necessary, not optional.

"An initial step includes setting a national vision to guide local decisions, co-created with people and staff.

"This needs to be underpinned by boosted funding for innovation in community settings, and staff being given the time to develop the digital skills they need to embed improvements to digital systems," Mistry said.

Nuno Almeida, founder and chief executive of Nourish, added that "well designed and well implemented digital technology" improves outcomes and makes it easier for health and social care teams to do their jobs.

"One way to drastically improve is to invest in digital technology which will streamline processes, save time, and join up care information across the board.

"To do this the wider system needs to come together and co-create a solution designed for a community setting," Almedia said.

In response to the King's Fund report, a Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: "We recognise the vital role that technology can play in transforming patient outcomes and experience. That's why our Fit For The Future Fund will take the NHS out of the analogue and into the digital age.

"We will equip the health service with the cutting-edge technology it needs to tackle waiting lists, improve patient experience and speed up diagnosis, ensuring patients receive the care they deserve."

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Poor IT systems factored in CQC failings, says DHSC report

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IT problems contributed to failings at CQC, says DHSC interim report

The review into CQC found issues with the provider portal and the regulatory platform

Kate Terroni, interim chief executive at CQC, said work is ongoing to improve the portal

'Significant problems' with IT systems, most notably the provider portal, contributed to failings at Care Quality Commission (CQC), a Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) review found.
An interim report of the review, led by Dr Penny Dash, chair of the North West London Integrated Care Board, published on 26 July 2024, listed IT system problems among the reasons for the CQC's "significant failings".

Dr Dash identified a "substantial loss of credibility within the health and social care sectors, a deterioration in the ability of CQC to identify poor performance and support a drive to improved quality - and a direct impact on the capacity and capability of both the social care and the healthcare sectors to deliver much needed improvements in care".

New IT systems were introduced into CQC from 2021 onwards, with the provider portal, an online system that enables registered health and social care providers to submit statutory notifications and apply to make changes to their registration quickly and efficiently, going live in July 2023.

A regulatory platform, which was intended to improve operations and communications with providers, was introduced in November 2023 for assessment and was expanded to include registration and enforcement by April 2024.

The portal and platform were aimed to enable a move to a more insight-driven approach to regulation by highlighting emerging risks and supporting more risk-informed, responsive assessments.

However, the review found that the new systems "resulted in significant problems for users", such as not being able to easily upload documents, problems if a named user was away, taking hours to receive a password reset, and taking staff away from delivering or supporting frontline care.

"The review has concluded that poorly performing IT systems are hampering CQC's ability to roll out the single assessment framework (SAF) and cause considerable frustration and time loss for providers," the report says.

Dr Dash highlighted urgent actions CQC can take to rebuild its credibility, including overhauling the inspection and assessment system, rapidly improving operational performance and fixing IT systems.

In response to the report, Kate Terroni, interim chief executive at CQC, said that the commission is working to "restore trust with the public and providers by listening better, working together more collaboratively and being honest about what we've got wrong".

She added that work is ongoing to improve the IT systems, including the provider portal and CQC would be "listening to providers and to our colleagues about the improvements that are needed and how we can design solutions together".

"We'll be working with people who use services and providers to develop a shared definition of what good care looks like.

"And we're also developing a new approach to relationship management that enables a closer and more consistent contact point for providers," Terroni said.

In a statement responding to the review, published on 26 July 2024, health secretary Wes Streeting said that the CQC is "not fit for purpose".

The CQC has appointed Professor Sir Mike Richards to conduct a targeted review of how the SAF is working for NHS trusts.

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Maternity Infographic June 2024

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Health Tech Leaders react to Labour election victory

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Health Tech Leaders react to Labour election victory

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"Change begins now," said Sir Keir Starmer this morning, as it was declared that Labour had won the 2024 general election. Tom Whicher, chief executive, DrDoctor We asked health tech leaders for their reaction to Labour's landslide victory and what the priorities should be for Wes Streeting as he takes on the role of health minister. Here's what they had to say:
"The public has spoken - Labour now has a clear directive to follow through on its NHS pledges.

"I'm excited to see campaign promises become a reality - how quickly can they put the 40,000 additional appointments a week into place to drive down the wait list?

"And, more broadly, when will investment in new technologies to give patients control over their own medicine, appointments and health needs be made?

"We know there is no silver bullet here but at DrDoctor we do know from the work we do with more than 70 trusts, that a hybrid approach to healthcare works.
Pritesh Mistry, fellow in digital technologies, King's Fund
"I am optimistic that Labour shares our commitment to connecting the disparate dots and siloed operational workflows across secondary and tertiary care settings to embed truly system level change."

"It is good to see that the Labour Party are seeking to utilise existing technology, such as the NHS App, while intending to harness AI for diagnostics, demonstrating they recognise the importance of technology for the future of the NHS and social care.

"The challenge will be to remain focused on long term change by prioritising foundations and enablers.

"It is essential that there is a suitably skilled workforce, both clinical and technical, with the capacity to assess and integrate technologies into workflows.

"Additionally, the infrastructure funding announced in the spring spending review needs confirming so that digital infrastructure can be modernised, hopefully resulting in productivity improvements and cost savings.
Steve Sawyer, managing director, The Access Group HSC
"This technical infrastructure needs to be developed with an eye on emerging technologies to ensure data can be captured and innovation can thrive, and it will be essential that staff and the public feel trust in how the data is used."

"Prior to the election, Wes Streeting rightly recognised that primary and social care services need to be prioritised if the NHS is going to tackle pressures across the care continuum, including in acute.

"However, their manifesto did little to outline the practicalities, and there was no mention of funding. Now in government, Labour has to deliver on these commitments.

"Quick wins include scaling the digitisation of effective services like social prescribing, which is proven to divert pressure away from GPs and support patients, particularly those with mental health needs, in the community.

"Tech-enabled care is another tangible solution that empowers people to manage their conditions in their own homes and helps social care services to support a larger cohort of individuals more efficiently.
Jane Rendall, managing director, Sectra UK and Ireland
"Now is not the time for reinventing the wheel, but about focusing on scaling digitally enabled transformation across all parts of the NHS and social care, which has often been overlooked."

"The Labour government's commitment to modernise the NHS with advanced technology, including AI and digital health records, presents significant opportunities for health tech businesses, and for the NHS.

"Any increases in funding and support for tech, must be met with a detailed and evolving understanding of where the biggest difference can be made.

"Diagnostics is one key area that is already seeing investment, but where enormous opportunity is also waiting to be untapped in using technology to both address immediate demand pressures, and to enable entirely new ways of harnessing in-demand clinical expertise.
Lee Francis, sales and marketing director, PatientSource
"The opportunity is to create the headspace and resource needed to discover and act on the art of the possible."

"Labour has a prime opportunity to harness the momentum of using technology to address critical perennial issues such as the overstretched workforce and unprecedented waiting lists.

"However, given that it was a previous Labour government that introduced the National Programme for IT, it's vital that we don't return to having monolithic suppliers and the assumption that a 'one size fits all' approach works.

"Likewise, technology convergence, especially when it comes to frontline digitisation, isn't the solution.
Jamie Whysall, principal, head of healthcare, Netcompany
"It's time to adopt a new health tech strategy that better acknowledges the innovation and benefits derived from SMEs - their agility, responsiveness and tailored approaches to individual trusts can deliver much-needed value for the NHS."

"Three things stood out for me in Labour's manifesto: the emphasis they put on improving patient flow through the system, the focus on prevention, and the commitment to developing the NHS App. These are all linked.

"The NHS App could be the place where people go when they have a referral, to see which hospitals have the shortest waiting times, which would automatically smooth patient flow.

"It could also be the platform for delivering health advice and nudge interventions, based on an individual's data. This is something we have seen in Denmark, which is very app-based.

"Putting data into the hands of patients improves satisfaction and drives prevention.

"The challenge is the underlying data architecture at a national level. Labour is either ignoring or is ignorant of the fact that it is just not there today.

"However, it has just won a big majority, so it will have the mandate to make some big and bold decisions. And it will be looking at a second term, so it will have a ten-year runway to see the benefit of doing that.
Dr Mark Ratnarajah, practising NHS paediatrician and UK managing director for C2-Ai
"This has been an election about change and Labour has the opportunity to make a positive change for the system, clinicians, and patients."

" Manifesto pledges for the NHS now spell out two immediate government priorities: to reduce waiting lists safely, and improve maternity care.

"Pre-election promises to increase appointments can help to address waiting lists, but a comprehensive approach requires addressing demand as well as supply.

"The government has an opportunity to enable adoption at-scale of high impact work seen in integrated care systems that have reduced length of stay, harm, complexity, and A&E attendances, by using technology to understand hidden clinical risks for people on waiting lists, and to identify individuals who are most-in-need as they await elective care.

"Hospitals are now exploring how the underpinning tech-driven methodology enabling the waiting list approach, could now transform how they understand, measure and act on risks in maternity.
David Simpson, owner and head of product and partnerships, Medilogik
"With a desire to prevent harm, and act on issues before they escalate into crises, this could support maternity teams nationally."

"Labour put a commitment to reduce waiting lists at the heart of its general election campaign.

"It has promised additional capacity to do this, but to succeed it will also need IT systems to support the accurate recording of data.

"Without these, it will not be possible to make sure that resources are used to the maximum and duplicate procedures are not carried out to the detriment of the patient and the environment.

"When projects are launched, it is absolutely crucial that NHS England and other bodies liaise in a timely fashion to enable med tech suppliers to support them and audit the outcomes.

"Labour's commitment to expanding the use of community diagnostic centres (CDCs) and outsourcing work to the independent sector should undoubtedly have a significant effect on waiting times. Again, though, technology needs to be considered.
Christopher Wright, chief executive, beetroot digital health solutions
"Data captured by CDCs and private providers needs to be shared with the referring trust's electronic patient record (EPR) to ensure we are not creating a surveillance problem in the years ahead, due poor data sharing."

"With stretched resources and growing waiting lists, it's vital that the NHS has access to digital tools that help staff do more with less.

"Therefore, now in power, Labour needs to deliver on its commitments to use health tech to support healthier, independent living, quickly and effectively.

"Specifically, they need to invest further in remote patient monitoring and management tools, so that the NHS can scale these solutions beyond the pockets of proven examples in England (which span more than just virtual wards).
Ryan Reed, digital transformation expert, SPS
"These technologies enable clinicians to assess patients in the home or community, mitigate unnecessary trips to the hospital for certain patients, and help prioritise those who need to be seen by a clinician urgently."

"The focus must be on the workforce and specifically, ensuring existing staff are adequately equipped to do their jobs.

"Our recent research with the Royal College of Nursing Information and Learning subsidiary showed that nurses spend half their time on admin like tacking down transport and booking appointments, which can be managed by digital tools and non-clinical staff.

"This wholly avoidable burden, which isn't just affecting nurses, is one of the main reasons staff want to leave the NHS.

"The Labour government has to tackle this systemic problem by delivering the universal adoption of technology that delivers outcomes-based transformation, such as EPRs and digital booking services, alongside outsourcing that can remove menial tasks and increase productivity.

"The long-awaited tech workforce strategy that didn't transpire under the previous government would go a long way in ensuring there is a clear mandate and plan to deliver this."

To read more views from health leaders about what the priorities should be for the new government see here.

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General election 2024: Health tech leaders react to Labour victory

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We asked health tech leaders for their reactions to Labour's victory in the general election and what the focus should be for health minister Wes Streeting.

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Digital Health Networks Awards 2024 finalists revealed

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Digital Health has revealed the finalists of the 2024 Digital Health Networks Awards, which will take place at this year’s Summer Schools event in Durham.

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Clinicians are the best innovators in digital health

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In the first of a new series of columns from our Advisory Panels, Dr Penny Kechagioglou calls for more clinicians to take on digital leadership roles
Digital health is transforming the way we care through connecting and monitoring patients remotely, through aggregation and analysis of disparate data sources to improve care outcomes, as well as through automation of essential clinical administration tasks. A critical factor in the success of digital health is the body of clinicians that have combined their knowledge of what safe and effective care looks like with a patient-centred approach to digital workflow design. This has enabled implementation and scale of digital innovations across the NHS, which have improved care quality and experiences of care.

As clinicians, we are well-placed to be the best innovators in healthcare, translating ideas from day-to-day practice into reality while engaging with patients, colleagues, academics and industry partners in implementing digital tools and services.

In the current unpredictable healthcare environment, working as a clinician can feel daunting and uncertain. But the power to change healthcare lies in the innovative and entrepreneurial talent that exists within the clinical community.
Not a 'technical' person
It is a privilege to work as an active clinician in digital health at a time when our NHS is transforming and aspiring to become the best digital health system in the world. We need to pause, observe, and reflect on what is changing around us: as few years ago, there was no concept of the digital hospital, but we are now seeing more patients being cared for at home and opting for this type of care. Citizens value a modern healthcare system; as clinicians, we have the knowledge and skills to transform health and care by leading the digital health of the future.

When the opportunity came to apply for a digital health role in my organisation, the first thing I thought was that this would not suit me as I am not 'technical', and being a female, I would probably not get the role anyway. I decided to apply because of the challenge that the role would bring me personally and professionally, and because my research interest in innovation and leadership was directly applicable.

Two years later, I am delighted that I didn't let my biases get in the way. I am also hopeful that healthcare organisations will continue to value clinical leadership, clinical excellence and operational delivery when making decisions about digital health roles.
A bigger impact
My role as chief clinical Information officer (CCIO) has brought together all the knowledge and experience I have gained over the years in leadership, quality improvement and transformation. It is as much about clinical and people leadership as it is about data analytics, workflow design and stakeholder engagement. Working with 'technical people' has made my team more diverse and the outcomes of my work are having an impact on a larger population than my clinical work could ever reach.

Through my role as CCIO, I have had the opportunity to speak about digital health in conferences and webinars, write about digital health, innovation and leadership in journals, articles and blogs, and teach university students about digital health and transformation. I have also contributed to the leadership programme for leaders in my organisation and I am the author of a book on leadership and innovation in healthcare.

However, what I value most of all, is my involvement in the Digital Health network - a group of diverse clinical leaders from across the UK with the passion and talent to transform healthcare through digital.
Solutions to 'pain points'
I am honoured to have been elected recently as vice-chair of the Digital Health CCIO Advisory Panel. It gives me the opportunity to bring more diversity into digital health leadership, shape the clinical informatics teams of the future, and drive innovation and entrepreneurship in clinical leadership. The CCIO Advisory Panel, alongside the CNIO and CIO Advisory Panels, is an amazing initiative and I would have no hesitation in urging other clinicians with a passion for healthcare improvement to join future panels.

Digital health is the future of healthcare and therefore we need more clinicians to be involved in end user-centred design of digital workflows. We should learn from other healthcare organisations globally, where implementation of electronic health records has led to increasing clinician burnout. Such unintended consequences can be avoided by ensuring clinical leaders play a key role in digital system design.

It is exciting to engage with digital system providers - you can help to translate clinical problems and the 'pain points' clinicians and patients face when interacting with healthcare into impactful solutions. This is what working in digital health as a clinician is about.
Dr Penny Kechagioglou is CCIO, deputy chief medical officer, and consultant clinical oncologist at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, as well as vice-chair of Digital Health's CCIO Advisory Panel.

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Featuring our own Jennifer Pountain discussing service improvements for non-English speaking women and her passion for Community midwifery. Fantastic work and interesting discussion.

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30: Why public health matters to midwifery

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Listen to this episode from Midwifery: Love, Life and Learning on Spotify. Love, Life & Learning with Sheena Byrom and Jen Pountain - Community Midwife

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Harnessing Digital Technology and Data for Nursing Practice

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Harnessing Digital Technology and Data for Nursing Practice

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Released Dec 2023. This book is now available to borrow from the Trust Library. Chapter 10 has been written by our own Holly Carr CCIO at Stockport, with a Case Study from our Digital Matron, now Chief Nursing Information Officer Pam Fearns!

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As new technologies and data become essential for the delivery of optimal care, nurses will play an increasingly vital role in developing and implementing digital health strategies. This timely book is designed to help you develop proficiency and con ...view more

As new technologies and data become essential for the delivery of optimal care, nurses will play an increasingly vital role in developing and implementing digital health strategies. This timely book is designed to help you develop proficiency and confidence to lead this digital transformation.

Harnessing Digital Technology and Data for Nursing Practice provides comprehensive coverage of the historical, theoretical and practical dimensions of the digital transformation in nursing. It considers a wide range of topics, from person-centred practice and user-centred design to nursing workforce development, evolving nursing practices, and the role of data in improving patient care and research. Expert insights are supported by learning activities and real-life case studies, with application of theory to practice throughout.

Aimed at nurses in all settings and working at all professional levels, this book will leave the reader with an appreciation of how an array of digital technologies and data can positively impact nurses' wellbeing, support and improve your daily practice, and ultimately ensure patient-centred, safe and effective care.

As new technologies and data become essential for the delivery of optimal care, nurses will play an increasingly vital role in developing and implementing digital health strategies. This timely book is designed to help you develop proficiency and confidence to lead this digital transformation.

Harnessing Digital Technology and Data for Nursing Practice provides comprehensive coverage of the historical, theoretical and practical dimensions of the digital transformation in nursing. It considers a wide range of topics, from person-centred practice and user-centred design to nursing workforce development, evolving nursing practices, and the role of data in improving patient care and research. Expert insights are supported by learning activities and real-life case studies, with application of theory to practice throughout.

Aimed at nurses in all settings and working at all professional levels, this book will leave the reader with an appreciation of how an array of digital technologies and data can positively impact nurses' wellbeing, support and improve your daily practice, and ultimately ensure patient-centred, safe and effective care.

Written specifically for nurses and midwives - explains how you can play a central role in shaping the digital future of health care

Provides historical, theoretical and practical perspectives - offers a sound base from which to understand the role of data technology in your work

Covers a wide spectrum of topics, including:

digital transformation of health care

nursing informatics

user-centred design

data-driven practice

person-centred care

health inequalities

telehealth and remote monitoring

ethical and legal considerations

population health

research

Provides practical insights and case studies to help you apply digital technologies in practice

Acknowledges the challenges in adopting digital health, and stresses the importance of digital literacy and nurse involvement in the design and implementation of digital solutions

Globally relevant and future oriented - creates a vision for nurses as co-navigators of care who make decisions informed by real-time patient analytics

Ancillary videos to support learning

Edited by Natasha Phillips, Chief Nursing Information Officer for England (NHSx); Gemma Stacey, Director of Academy,The Florence Nightingale Foundation and Dawn Dowding, PhD, RN, FAAN, Chair in Clinical Decision-Making, Division of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, The University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

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Harnessing Digital Technology and Data for Nursi - 9780443111600 | Elsevier Health

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As new technologies and data become essential for the delivery of optimal care, nurses will play an increasingly vital role in developing and implementing digital health strategies. This timely book is designed to help you develop proficiency and confidence to lead this digital transformation.Harnessing Digital Technology and Data for Nursing Practice provides comprehensive coverage of the historical, theoretical and practical dimensions of the digital transformation in nursing.

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The benefits of working in a professional, diverse, digital team

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The benefits of working in a professional, diverse, digital team

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No clinical informatician should work in isolation. Bringing digital midwives into the wider digital team is better for everyone, writes Jennifer Mearns in the third of our four-part series on effective NMAHP teams Key messages:

Professional diversity enhances knowledge, skills, collaboration, efficiency, and innovation in digital projects.

Professional diversity supports the maternity digital agenda and improves the quality of care for women and families.

Professional diversity should be encouraged and implemented in all trusts.

Traditionally, digital midwives have worked within maternity teams, usually within the structure of the governance team. They often work as lone practitioners or as part of a job share or small team with no one in a senior role who has clinical informatics knowledge or experience. This model may seem to suit the maternity team, in that it keeps a clinical member of staff within maternity. However, as some trusts are now experiencing, there are many benefits when digital midwives work alongside other clinical informaticians outside of maternity.

A new and emerging model is gaining traction: digital midwives working alongside other clinical informaticians within professionally diverse teams, usually with the chief nursing informatics officer as their line manager. These teams often sit within the wider digital team, working alongside the other trust digital teams, linking closely with their professional counterparts in each department.
Benefits of emerging model
There are numerous benefits to this emerging team structure model, both personally for the midwife and for the teams involved. For the individual, the extended professional network within the digital team, and the knowledge gained from working with other clinical informaticians, are invaluable. This networking can also be expanded beyond the trust to the ICS, regionally, and often nationally. Working within an experienced team brings a wealth of contacts.

Training courses relevant to a digital area of work are also more accessible within this model, as the importance and relevance of these courses is better understood. Learning from these courses is shared within the team for the benefit of all.

Working within this diverse, professional team provides valuable insights and learning from digital projects that have been implemented in other areas of the trust. It also provides a career pathway that a digital midwife working within maternity might not otherwise be exposed to.

There are also benefits for maternity. The digital midwife's increased knowledge and skill can lead to smoother digital project rollouts, quicker implementations, and improve the support available to maternity staff.
No longer siloed
Knowledge of the maternity digital agenda is no longer siloed. There is continuity and support during times when the digital midwife is absent, and the maternity digital agenda is promoted on a wider scale within the digital team. The digital midwife gains an expanded network within the trust, making it quicker to resolve problems by directly addressing issues with the appropriate people; there is clear communication between digital and clinical teams.

This model protects the whole team from needing to work clinically outside of agreed hours, maintaining the pace of digital change and support in each area, including maternity. It also leads to a broader understanding of the maternity digital agenda within the digital team and a deeper level of understanding of the impact other changes within the trust can have on maternity. This deeper understanding of maternity benefits everyone involved and ensures smoother digital processes and working.

To summarise, working within a professionally diverse digital team leads to improved knowledge and skills for the individual and the team, enables smoother and quicker digital project implementations, gives a wider network and influence within the trust, and a better supported maternity digital agenda.

The benefits of working in a professionally diverse team extend to any clinical informatics post, not just digital midwives. I believe professionally diverse teams should be encouraged and implemented in all trusts.
Explore the continuing evolution of nursing, midwifery and AHP roles in digital at Digital Health's Summer Schools, 18-19 July. Find out more and register here Read the previous articles in the series: How to implement change: the crucial role of the digital clinical lead What makes an effective digital NMAHP team Jennifer Mearns is the senior digital midwifery informatics lead at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. A midwife for 18 years, she also chairs the South East Regional Digital Midwives Expert Reference Group.

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The benefits of working in a professional, diverse, digital team | Digital Health

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No clinical informatician should work in isolation. Bringing digital midwives into the wider digital team is better for everyone, writes Jennifer Mearns

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What makes an effective digital NMAHP team?

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In the first of a four-part series, Simon Noel reveals why digital teams should be clinically "agnostic" and explains the benefits of collaboration
When working with clinical digital colleagues across the country, a common theme of conversation is how clinical digital teams are configured and how they are managed. It seems that the challenges are similar but there are as many models for this as there are organisations, and I am often asked what my team looks like and how this works to support nursing, midwifery and allied health professions. In this series of articles, the goal will be to show how we have evolved, how we work with both clinical and non-clinical teams, and the benefits we have seen from how our team is configured.
What's the context?
My post was created in 2017 as part of our organisations bid to be a Global Digital Exemplar trust, and this was to be supported by two whole time equivalent band 7 nursing posts, split into four 0.5wte. We are a tertiary referral centre of over 1,000 beds over four sites with dozens of specialities.

It soon became clear, with the rapid adoption of digital workflows and the increasing dependence upon technology, that the team would need to expand and strengthen to provide the best service for our clinical teams. I therefore went about working with our senior colleagues to provide a more robust structure which would support our four clinical divisions. By doing this we were able to allocate work much more efficiently and to demonstrate that we could invest and collaborate with our senior divisional clinical colleagues.

Alongside this consolidation, we also reinforced our position within the organisation by forging close working relationships with the clinical teams, providing the bridge between technical and clinical working.
What does collaboration mean for the team?
Other than my role, we have two deputies and four band 7 digital nurses, a senior digital midwife and two band 7 digital midwives, supporting our four divisions. This team configuration has brought the benefits of a collaborative approach: we are seen as team members of both clinical and technical services.

It has been very important to look on roles within our team as clinically agnostic. We are currently nurses and midwives, but we have endeavoured to open digital lead recruitment to all nurses, midwives and AHPs. The inclusion of the midwives in the team reinforced the close working relationship with women's services and the clinical credibility of the team. Central to the experience these staff bring is that they are clinically credible, confident with people and have clinical management experience.
Where does the team fit?
The position of the team within the organisation is critical to how it engages with technical and clinical services. Our team currently sits within digital services, and physically sits in the building where digital technical services are housed. However, we have an extremely close working relationship with our clinical colleagues and have a role on many clinical groups. We are also professionally accountable to our nursing, AHP and midwifery professional leaders. This yields significant benefits when planning implementing and adopting change, as it prevents misunderstandings and puts digital at the forefront of operational clinical planning.

In a complex and dynamic environment, this configuration is enormously helpful in providing context and promoting ownership of essential change management and clinical workflow pathways. It also allows for a responsive and dynamic approach to team development, allowing a greater understanding of clinical services and technical dependencies, and providing the team with a mutual support framework. Such support would not be available if these digital clinical resources were owned and managed within separate services.
What are the benefits?
Collaborative support provides the basis for a stable and enabled team, who can provide and benefit from informal and formal development opportunities, which in turn provides for succession planning and an enhanced clinical digital team profile. Being part of a centralised and agnostic service, encourages acceptance and enablement through continued exposure to the wider organisational context and through collaboration with multiple clinical teams.
What's the message?
Our format may not work for everyone, but the key message is that teams integrated in this way provide positive outcomes. However, you must be mindful that the clinical focus is not blurred, muted, or lost. Appropriately skilled staff, with effective links to services, can provide increased compliance and improvements in quality, safety, and patient/staff experience.

The temptation to create and hold onto digital staffing resources within local services risks creating barriers to collaboration. If essential staff become isolated and lack exposure to the wider digital context, it will impede their development and ultimately affect their ability to grow and provide an effective service.
Key messages:

NMAHP digital clinical staffing work and develop better when working together.

Cross-disciplinary collaboration nurtures understanding and support.

Isolating resources in individual services impedes development of that resource.

The configuration of NMAHP teams should be a mix of ability and speciality.

Successful digital deployment and integration is bigger than any single profession.

Simon Noel is the CNIO at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and chair of Digital Health's CNIO Advisory Panel. A former intensive care specialist nurse, he has worked with digital health technology for over 20 years, supporting, designing and implementing solutions.

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What makes an effective digital NMAHP team? | Digital Health

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In the first of a four-part series, Simon Noel reveals why digital teams should be clinically "agnostic" and explains the benefits of collaboration.

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A leaked NHS England report, has warned of a "severe shortage" of digital nurse specialists, which could hinder ambition to drive the healthcare system forward with technology.
Nursing Times reported that it has seen the delayed Phillips Ives Review, which was due to be published in 2023 following its launch in 2022.

The review, which set out to explore the digital readiness of nurses and midwives, calls for greater investment in the digital specialist workforce and more digital training.

According to the Nursing Times, the review found that there was a "severe shortage of digital nurse and midwifery specialists to deliver the digital future".

The review included extensive consultation with nurses and midwives in the UK, taking into account their experiences and opinions.

It found that new skills and competencies are needed to keep pace with technological developments in healthcare, including genomics, artificial intelligence and data science.

Also it concluded that the roles and functions of the nursing and midwifery position would need to evolve over the next 20 years to help realise the benefits of tech advancements.

It says that existing models of nursing and midwifery education are "not generally designed to develop and maintain digital literacy" and some education providers "offered no digital health and care learning opportunities", Nursing Times reports.

This has led the review to suggest reforms for nursing education, so that it can support a digitally-enabled workforce.

The report concludes that there is no global understanding of the role of the a specialist digital nurse or digital midwife, which could be impacting the level of seniority the role can reach and the rate of pay, as well as affecting recruitment and retention in the specialism.

NHS England had not responded to Digital Health News ' request for comment at the time of publication.

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Leaked NHSE review warns of 'severe shortage' of digital nurses

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A leaked copy of the unpublished Phillips Ives Report, seen by Nursing Times, warns of a 'severe shortage' of digital nurses to support NHSE ambitions.

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This podcast is a great discussion regarding the role of the digital midwife, career development and the aspirations for the future of the role.

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Join host Matthew Plant in a dynamic discussion on the evolution of healthcare in NHS with a focus on digital advancements. Today's esteemed guests include Jules Gudgeon, National Chief Midwifery Information Officer at NHS England; Jennifer Mearns, Senior Digital Informatics Lead Midwife at Oxford University Hospitals - NHS Foundation Trust; Helen Trevarthen, Lead Digital Midwife at East and North Hertfordshire - NHS Foundation Trust; Francesca Rees, Lead Digital Midwife at University Hospitals Plymouth; and Misbah Mahmood, Deputy Chief Midwifery Information Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Explore the pivotal role of digital midwifery and clinical informatics in shaping the future of healthcare delivery, leveraging cutting-edge technology and innovative strategies to enhance patient care.

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Evo NHS #148 - Clinically Led, Digitally Driven The Role of a Digital Midwife - Evolution Recruitment Solutions

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Join host Matthew Plant in a dynamic discussion on the evolution of healthcare in NHS with a focus on digital advancements.

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This podcast is a great discussion regarding the role of the digital midwife, career development and the aspirations for the future of the role.

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Join host Matthew Plant in a dynamic discussion on the evolution of healthcare in NHS with a focus on digital advancements. Today's esteemed guests include Jules Gudgeon, National Chief Midwifery Information Officer at NHS England; Jennifer Mearns, Senior Digital Informatics Lead Midwife at Oxford University Hospitals - NHS Foundation Trust; Helen Trevarthen, Lead Digital Midwife at East and North Hertfordshire - NHS Foundation Trust; Francesca Rees, Lead Digital Midwife at University Hospitals Plymouth; and Misbah Mahmood, Deputy Chief Midwifery Information Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Explore the pivotal role of digital midwifery and clinical informatics in shaping the future of healthcare delivery, leveraging cutting-edge technology and innovative strategies to enhance patient care.

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Evo NHS #148 - Clinically Led, Digitally Driven The Role of a Digital Midwife - Evolution Recruitment Solutions

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Join host Matthew Plant in a dynamic discussion on the evolution of healthcare in NHS with a focus on digital advancements.

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Introduction of new NHS vaccination programmes against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

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Introduction of new NHS vaccination programmes against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

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Following guidance from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the Government are reviewing next steps for delivery of 2 new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination programmes from 1 September 2024, for older adults and during pregnancy for infant protection.

RSV is a common respiratory virus that that can cause serious lung infections. While RSV infection can occur at any age, the risk and severity of RSV and its complications are increased in older adults and in neonates and small babies, and it has a considerable impact on individuals and NHS services during the winter months.

Programme for pregnant women to protect infants

All women who are at least 28 weeks pregnant (the eligible cohort) on 1 September 2024, should be offered a single dose of the RSV vaccine, through commissioned services. After that, pregnant women will become eligible as they reach 28 weeks gestation and remain eligible up to birth. The ideal opportunity to offer vaccination would be at the 28-week antenatal contact (ANC), following prior discussion at the 20-week ANC. Providers should aim to vaccinate those already eligible on 1 September as soon as possible.

The Digital Maternity Team have reached out to Magentus to assess the possibility of this being added to Euroking to support with data collection and audit going forward.

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Highlighting the scale of the Digital Divide with current 2024 statistics

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What Good Looks Like Framework: Updated to include Midwifery

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What Good Looks Like Framework: Updated to include Midwifery

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Link to guidance: What Good Looks Like framework - What Good Looks Like - NHS Transformation Directorate (england.nhs.uk)

Since the publication of the What Good Looks Like(WGLL) for Nursing Guidance in 2022, NHS England have supported organisations with the adoption of each of the success measures’ imperatives and gathered feedback on their implementation journey. As part of their stakeholder engagement they received extensive feedback from midwifery leaders on the relevance and usability of the principles for the profession’s practice. In response to this feedback and the change in landscape since its original publication they established a task and finish group made up of nursing and midwifery professionals in Autumn 2023.This group were given the remit to review the guidance to ensure its content is up to date and in line with our current landscape and have also looked at how the success measures can be applied to midwifery.

Check out our Digital Maternity Strategy which has been developed against these 7 success measures! Our ‘plan on a page’ posters can be spotted around the women’s Unit.

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Guide for generating a Baby NHS number manually when a mother's NHS number is KNOWN (but not verified by our IT systems)

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Guide for generating a Baby NHS number manually when a mother's NHS number is KNOWN (but not verified by our IT systems)

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You need specific smartcard access to undertake this task, please speak to us in the Digital Maternity Team or the DS Co-ordinator or MOD for this support.

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NCRS Generating a NHS number for a baby when the Mother's NHS number is known 17.11.2023

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Link to website: Maternity Incentive Scheme - NHS Resolution

Safety Action 2 relates to submitting data to the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS) to the required standard. We will be assessed on July 2024 data so please be extra vigilant with Euroking data entry this month! Particularly entering dates correctly and remembering to save down each question in a workflow to trigger the correct set of questions for your situation.

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Euroking Management Summary Record Solution

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Euroking Management Summary Record Solution

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Euroking user guide for what the Management Summary Record will look like and include - coming soon. Still in the testing phase.

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Euroking user guide for what is included in the latest 1.7.4.3 patch being implemented 14/11/2024.

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Euroking Release Notes (external) 1.7.4.3_v1.0

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We finally have 3 solutions coming to Euroking for the National Patient Safety Alert:

1. The 1.7.4.3 Patch - Live from 14/11/2024 (audit tool feature via a spyglass function for each question in a workflow);

2. A Management Summary Report (MSR) - Go LIVE planned 05/12/24; Magentus training guide: MSR2.1 Management Summary Review Training and Familiarisation - Overview

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3. Configuration changes to questions that pull forward - Live from 19-20/11/2024.

Please see high level descriptions above, more detailed guides below and in new dedicated NPSA Padlet!

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Maternity Infographic May 2024

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Maternity Infographic April 2024

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Maternity Infographic March 2024

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NHS England’s Digital Maternity Team are working alongside the Good Things Foundation Charity to ensure that all maternity services in England have considered becoming a Maternity Digital Hub and are actively participating, or can sign post people to free data and devices within their local communities. The #FixingTheDigitalDivide project has very nearly 50% of trusts signed up. We have now joined The Good Things Foundation Data Bank. This means we have a small supply of SIM cards to gift free data, texts and calls to our digitally excluded women, fixing the digital divide and enabling everyone to access online resources and support. SIM cards are due to be delivered in the next couple of weeks and will be stored in the community office in locked storage. A SOP is in development to support Community with the process.

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NHSE guidance asks systems to continue levelling up of digital maturity

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NHSE guidance asks systems to continue levelling up of digital maturity

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In its latest 2024/25 priorities and operational planning guidance, NHS England has asked systems to continue supporting the levelling up of provider digital maturity across all sectors and confirmed that development of the NHS App will continue alongside rollout of the Federated Data Platform (FDP).
The guidance, published on 27 March, includes a section on 'Planning for the future' with a subsection titled 'Harnessing data, digital and technology', where NHSE "ask systems to continue to support levelling up of provider digital maturity across all sectors".

NHSE confirm that it will "continue to develop the NHS App as the digital front door to the NHS and is rolling out the FDP". It added: "We ask systems to keep connecting services to and championing the use of the NHS App, and to engage with the national FDP team to ensure planned investments are aligned with the FDP."

NHSE plans to roll out the FDP to at least 70 organisations in 2024/25. "Those looking to optimise scheduling processes for theatres, waiting list validation and discharge are invited to come forward. Systems are asked to work with the national FDP team to align their data architecture and consider the potential of the FDP in planning investments," the guidance reads.

This subsection of the guidance concludes with NHSE committing to "work with systems to develop robust plans for the technology investment announced in the 2024 Spring Budget to support delivery of the NHS productivity plan for the years from 2025/6".

The £3.4 billion investment in data and technology, NHSE say, "will allow us to roll out technology and digital services to improve access, waiting times and outcomes", and describes the commitment as "transformational, for both patients and for our staff".

The guidance includes a detailed focus on mental health, where NHSE say a key action for systems is to "embed digital technology to transform mental health care pathways, provide more personalised and joined-up care, improve clinical productivity, and support improvements in access, waiting times and outcomes".

Another action within the mental health section of the guidance is to "improve timeliness and quality of mental health activity outcomes and equality data to evidence the expansion and transformation of mental health services, and the impact on population health".

This includes improving data flows into the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) from partner organisations, NHSE say, including primary care and the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.

In a separate section titled 'Digital and data', NHSE state that systems are asked to continue to deliver the commitments set out in the strategic plans for the digitisation of services to support integration and service transformation: A plan for digital health and social care and Data Saves Lives.

Key actions for systems set out in the guidance include using the latest What Good Looks Like digital maturity assessment "to ensure plans are improving adherence to standards for well led digital leadership and will deliver smart foundation for basic digital infrastructure".

NHSE also say it expects "ICBs to have a system-wide plan for maintaining robust cyber security, including development of centralised capabilities to provide support across all organisations".

This comes after the latest cyber attack on the NHS, which has led to some patients at NHS Dumfries and Galloway having their personal data released last week by the ransomware group Inc Ransom.

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NHSE guidance asks systems to continue levelling up of digital maturity

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In its 2024/25 priorities and operational planning guidance, NHSE has asked systems to continue supporting the levelling up of provider digital maturity.

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Charlotte Dixon-Digital Support Midwife

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NHS England issued a National Patient Safety Alert for Euroking 7th December 2023

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NHS England issued a National Patient Safety Alert for Euroking 7th December 2023

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A National Patient Safety Alert has been issued by the NHS England National Patient Safety Team on identified safety risks with the Euroking maternity information system.

About this alert

This National Patient Safety Alert has been issued around identified safety risks relating to technical issues with the Euroking maternity information IT system, used by some NHS trusts.

There is currently no evidence of actual harm being reported as a result of these issues. The alert has been issued as a precautionary measure to ensure patient safety by asking providers to review their systems to identify if the issues are present, and where appropriate to take steps to eliminate the risk.

About National Patient Safety Alerts

This alert has been issued as a National Patient Safety Alert.

The NHS England National Patient Safety Team was the first national body to have been accredited to issue National Patient Safety Alerts by the National Patient Safety Alerting Committee (NaPSAC). All National Patient Safety Alerts are required to meet NaPSAC's thresholds and standards. These thresholds and standards include working with patients, frontline staff and experts to ensure alerts provide clear, effective actions for safety-critical issues.

NaPSAC requires providers to introduce new systems for planning and coordinating the actions required by any National Patient Safety Alert across their organisation, with executive oversight.

Failure to take the actions required under any National Patient Safety Alert may lead to CQC taking regulatory action.

Patient safety alerts are shared rapidly with healthcare providers via the Central Alerting System (CAS).

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Identified safety risks with the Euroking maternity information system

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A National Patient Safety Alert has been issued by the NHS England National Patient Safety Team on identified safety risks with the Euroking maternity information system. This National Patient Safety Alert has been issued around identified safety risks relating to technical issues with the Euroking maternity information IT system, used by some NHS trusts.