How technology delays are affecting NHS staff productivity and patient services today
The NHS’ Ten-Year Health Plan has productivity at its core. Trusts have been given a target of increasing productivity by 2% every year, pushing them to make the most of the tools they already have.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said this in no uncertain terms: “With relentless focus on productivity, the NHS can be sustainable for taxpayers and deliver for patients once again.”
Such improvements are easier said than done.
Studies from the Health Foundation have shown that NHS productivity still hasn’t reached pre-COVID levels.
The NHS Staff Survey found that barely half of NHS workers (56%) felt they had adequate equipment to do their work.
That’s also backed by research from The King’s Fund, which points to unreliable technology and fragmented processes as dragging down hard-working practitioners.
The emphasis here isn’t on a lack of technology, but its effective deployment. The NHS needs to be able to see...
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