Information and technologyfor better carePresented by Andy Williams, Chief Executive, 30 September 2015

Bringing together systems and information

The former Health and Social Care Information Centre (known as The NHS Information Centre), a Special Health Authority closed in March 2013

Connecting for Health, responsible for the National Programme for IT, which until April 2013 was part of the Department of Health

Informatics functions from local Strategic Health Authorities and a Primary Care Trust

HSCIC is formed from several predecessor organisations:

Other functions transferred into HSCIC

August 2013 Some supportingfunctionsApril 2014

What we doWe provide information, data and IT Systems for commissioners, analysts, researchers and clinicians in health and social care. Our work includes…

• Setting standards that protect patient’s confidential information, reduce bureaucracy and improve data quality

• Operating essential technology services that support the health and care system

• Collecting, analysing and publishing national data and statistical information that helps inform decision making

• Developing the next generation of national data and information systems

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Building on firm foundations

Over the last twelve months we have…

• Replaced NHS Spine with Spine 2• Transitioned Secondary Uses Service and Care Identity Service• Launched ‘My NHS’ beta on NHS Choices, NHS e-Referrals

Service, the Child Protection – Information Sharing service and NHS Pathways Mobile Directory

• Selected a supplier to develop and operate NHSmail 2• Continued to support the implementation of local systems via our

Local Service Provider teams• Maintained a very high level of operational integrity (99.97%)• Published 260 statistical publications• Participated actively in the “National Information Board”

Information and technology for better care

Our visionBy 2020, we will have revolutionised the way technology, data and information are used to transform the delivery of England’s health and social care services.

Our priorities

Ensure thatevery citizen’sdata is protected

Assure the quality, safety and security of data and information flows across health and social care. Citizens will share their data with confidence knowing that it will be kept confidential and shared only when appropriate and for their benefit.

Establish shared architecture and standards for the benefit of everyone

Implementservicesto meet nationaland local needs

Supportorganisations to get thebest from technology, data and information

Makebetteruse ofhealthand careinformation

HSCIC strategy 2015-2020

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Looking forward: the big delivery challenges

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The ‘Big Data’ agenda

Linkage with business change and the “Five Year Forward View”

Clinical engagement

The ‘online’ patient

proposition

Standards, interoperability

and architectural consistency

Skills and market

capability

Leadership

LocalNationalvs Public provision

Market provisionvs

Consent, preference

s and objections

Allowing data to

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