Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value is of projected savings from paperless working included in NHS spending plans for each of the next three years.

The Information Strategy published in May 2012, ‘The power of information’ estimated that £5 billion worth of benefits can be achieved across health and social care over 10 years.

An independent report from Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) indicated at least £4.4 billion of extra benefits could be utilised by the National Health Service from making better use of Information Technology.

The PWC report can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/study-on-the-impact-of-digital-technology-in-health-and-social-care