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“Outdated” IT and digital skills gap hinder NHS digital transformation, say MPs

New report reveals legacy tech is a barrier to progress for the health service.

By Sophia Waterfield

Legacy IT systems and challenges in building an inclusive digital health service have “frustrated” the progress of NHS digital transformation, a committee of MPs has found.

The government needs to meet numerous challenges, such as helping the NHS workforce digitally upskill, to succeed with its plans, the lawmakers say.

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