As reported by Digital Health, scrapping NHS England has rattled the health tech world, leaving some hopeful for less red tape but others worried about delays and uncertainty
The government’s announcement that NHS England will be abolished has sent shock waves across the digital health community.
Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said that the management of the NHS would be brought back into the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), reversing the top-down reorganisation of the NHS by Andrew Lansley, former Conservative health secretary, in 2012.
Many expressed concern for NHS colleagues facing an uncertain future.
Although some are optimistic that the changes will reduce bureaucracy, helping to accelerate the shift from analogue to digital, others feel that the disruption could lead to a loss of momentum, causing delays to national IT programmes and funding allocations for digital and data.
A joint statement from the Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) Council said: “The CSO Council hope that the DHSC will continue the good work of the very small NHSE digital clinical safety team in their championing of digital clinical safety standards for software.”
“We also hope that the much-needed review of the DCB0129 and DCB0160 standards will continue.
“The current NHSE standards for digital clinical safety can complement digital innovation and should not be seen as a barrier to progress.”
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