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NHSX is a UK government unit with responsibility for setting national policy and developing best practice for National Health Service (NHS) technology, digital and data, including data sharing and transparency.[1]
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 will work closely with the Government Digital Service and other relevant government functions. Its CEO is Matthew Gould.[2] The 'X' in NHSX stands for "user experience".
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Activities
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.[3]
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:
- cutting the amount of time that clinicians spend inputting and accessing data in NHS systems
- making it easier for patients to access key NHS services on a smartphone
- ensuring that essential diagnostic information can be accessed safely and reliably, from wherever a patient may be within the NHS.
Underlying these delivery priorities, she also noted that the technical priority for NHSX is the creation of a data-driven ecosystem.[4] It was announced in January 2020 that £40 million was to be dedicated to improving login times for staff, using single sign-on technology.[5]
One of the functions of the organisation is to manage the sharing of NHS patient data with industry.[6]
Paperless NHS
In June 2019 Matthew Gould admitted that the target of a paperless NHS by 2024 would be "a stretch".[7] The target, first announced in 2013, has repeatedly been moved back from 2018, 2020, and 2023.[8]
COVID-19 contact tracking app
NHSX has developed a contact tracking app to monitor the spread of COVID-19.[9] The first public trial of the app began on the Isle of Wight on 5 May 2020.[10] The app uses a centralised approach, in contrast to the Google / Apple contact tracing project.
Known member
1 of the 7 of the members already have pages here:
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| Matthew Gould |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Civil Liberty Vanishes | blog post | 6 May 2020 | Craig Murray | "Serious questions have to be asked about why the UK government has developed its own unique app, universally criticised for its permanent central data collection and ability to identify individuals from their unique codes. That this is overseen by NHSX CEO Matthew Gould who held all those secret meetings with Liam Fox and Adam Werritty, including with Mossad, frankly stinks." |
| Document:Senior spy appointed to lead UK’s joint biosecurity centre | Article | 5 June 2020 | Helen Warrell Sarah Neville | Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at Edinburgh University, says: “The virus is not worried that you’re tracking its progress, it’s not going to change its tactic. Cybersecurity is not your worry with a virus. It’s a biological phenomenon.” |
| Document:Track and Trace. Stay Elite. | Article | 29 May 2020 | David Black | Poor Dido was pressed into service early by Boris and the lads when she launched her Track and Trace initiative some days ahead of its scheduled June 1st slot in a ludicrously transparent attempt to draw fire from Corporal Cummings, whose lockdown breaching escapades were causing havoc in Tory ranks. |
| Document:Why the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app failed | Article | 19 June 2020 | Matt Burgess | On 18 June 2020, Matt Hancock announced that the planned centralised NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app, which has been trialled on the Isle of Wight and downloaded by tens of thousands of people, has been ditched in favour of a decentralised system developed by Google and Apple. |
References
- ↑ "NHSX: new joint organisation for digital, data and technology"
- ↑ "Specialist unit will lead NHS digital revolution"
- ↑ "NHS hospitals and GP practices to get fibre optic internet
- ↑ "Embracing AI and technology to improve patient outcomes"
- ↑ "Tech chiefs pledge £40m to end staff’s ‘ridiculous’ login problems"
- ↑ "NHSX to oversee industry access to patient data"
- ↑ "Paperless 2024 target a 'stretch' – NHSX CEO"
- ↑ "The digital challenge: achieving a paperless NHS by 2020"
- ↑ "NHSX working on coronavirus contact tracking app"
- ↑ "App stores approve UK contact-tracing app for test"
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