Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made as to the time lost by medical professionals in the NHS as a result of any inefficiencies in the IT systems.

No specific assessment has been made. However, in June 2022, we set out our plans in ‘A Plan for Digital Health and Care’ to improve tech efficiency and efficacy in the National Health Service. This includes £2 billion to digitise the NHS and at least £150 million to support digital transformation in social care, including crucial cyber security and connectivity foundations. By March 2025, constituent organisations of an integrated care system should have, met a minimum level of digital maturity as set out in the ‘What Good Looks Like’ framework, established digital, data and technology talent pipelines and improved digital literacy among leaders and the workforce and ensured all health and social care settings have the right infrastructure and connectivity to work digitally.