Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:47 pm on 4 October 2017.
Cabinet Secretary, the recent parliamentary review of health and social care in Wales noted that the majority of the NHS Informatics Service’s 534 staff are currently involved in maintaining digital services and infrastructure rather than developing new systems. Now, given the widespread concerns—and we’ve discussed it here—about open data, collecting data and information sharing, for example with patient notes between the health and social care sectors and, in fact, between hospitals within even the same health board, what commitment can you give that you will look to review to ensure a more proactive and innovative output from this service?