FOI REF: 20/258 01 July 2020 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT I am responding to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. The answers to your specific questions are as follows: I wish to obtain the following documents: 1. ICT/IM&T/IS Strategy- The IT department strategy or plans, highlights their current and future objectives. Please see attached East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust’s (ESHT) Digital Strategy. 2. ICT Org Chart- A visual document that presents the structure of the IT department please include name and job titles. If this cannot be sent, please work towards a structure with job titles. Please see attached ESHT Digital Structure Chart. Please note that according to the Trust’s Freedom of Information Policy we only release the names of staff on Grade 8a and above, therefore names of staff below this grade have not been provided. 3. Annual or Business Plan- Like the ICT strategy but is more annually focused. Please see attached ESHT Digital business plan. Cont…/
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FOI REF: 20/258 01 July 2020
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT I am responding to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. The answers to your specific questions are as follows: I wish to obtain the following documents: 1. ICT/IM&T/IS Strategy- The IT department strategy or plans, highlights their
current and future objectives.
Please see attached East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust’s (ESHT) Digital Strategy.
2. ICT Org Chart- A visual document that presents the structure of the IT department please include name and job titles. If this cannot be sent, please work towards a structure with job titles.
Please see attached ESHT Digital Structure Chart. Please note that according to the Trust’s Freedom of Information Policy we only release the names of staff on Grade 8a and above, therefore names of staff below this grade have not been provided.
3. Annual or Business Plan- Like the ICT strategy but is more annually focused.
Please see attached ESHT Digital business plan.
Cont…/
4. ICT Capital Programme/budget- A document that shows financials budget on
current and future projects.
£
Digital Community TPP Rollout c/f 250,000
Digital ePMA 323,021
Digital Phase 2 BigHand (Dictation Scheme) + Change and Project costs
32,010
Diagnostics & Surgery
Ophthalmic IT systems integrated with other Trust systems
100,000
Out of Hospital
Enhancements to Pharmacy robotic systems (GS1 compliance)
97,000
Out of Hospital
Falsified Medicines Directive software 61,000
Digital Data Warehouse 150,000
Digital PAS Upgrade 200,000
Digital MediSite (ophthalmology) 54,000
Digital UPS Refresh/Battery 10,000
Digital Licence True Up 20,000
Digital Interfacing 60,000
Digital EDM Upgrade 20,000
If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. Should you be dissatisfied with the Trust’s response to your request, please write to Lynette Wells, Director of Corporate Affairs, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust ([email protected]) quoting the above reference. Yours sincerely Linda Thornhill (Mrs) Corporate Governance Manager [email protected]
“To use digital information and technology to transform the delivery of patient centred healthcare.”
Our Mission Statement
“Develop an electronic patient record and the wider information management and technology infrastructure to support the delivery of excellent clinical care and the effective management of the Trust’s operations.”
How we will do this:
• To engage with patients, carers, ESHT community and acute
workforce at all levels and other stakeholders to inform the delivery of
our digital strategy
• To work collaboratively and aligned with ESBT Digital Board and STP
• To enable patients and clinicians to have the relevant information to
make pro-active healthcare decisions
• To ensure technology improves the ability of staff to provide a high
quality safe effective service whilst delivering financially sustainable
services
• To use information to predict/meet future healthcare needs from an
individual to a region wise basis
THE RIGHT INFORMATION, TO THE RIGHT PERSON, AT THE RIGHT TIME, FOR THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
Outcomes:
• Improve effectiveness and clinical outcomes.
• Improve effectiveness in planning for future healthcare needs
• Improve access to relevant information to the right person at the right time for
the right decisions
• Improved communication between stakeholders across the whole patient
pathway
• Give patients more control over their health and wellbeing and empower their
carers
• Reduce the administrative burden for care professionals
• Accessible and innovative use of IT to support patient safety and improve the
patient experience
• Support the delivery of ESHT business objectives and local / national priorities
ESHT 2020
The ESHT digital strategy is aligned with and supports the ESHT 2020 strategic objectives:
1. Safe patient care is our highest priority. We will provide high quality clinical services that achieve and demonstrate
optimum clinical outcomes and provide an excellent care experience for patients.
2. All ESHT’s employees will be valued and respected. They will be involved in decisions about the services they
provide and offered the training and development that they need to fulfil their roles.
3. We will work closely with commissioners, local authorities, and other partners to prevent ill health and to plan and
deliver services that meet the needs of our local population in conjunction with other care services.
4. We will operate efficiently and effectively, diagnosing and treating patients in timely fashion to optimise their health.
5. We will use our resources efficiently and effectively for the benefit of our patients and their care to ensure our
services are clinically, operationally, and financially sustainable.
Engagement & Feedback
Surveys across multiple staff groups indicate the need for a inclusive strategy. Dedicated Clinical engagement across nursing and medical supported by the Medical Director, SIRO and CCIO
“Patients would like staff
to know about them and
not to have to repeat
their information
numerous times”
“Our priorities for OOH
are around the
community transition and
the more mobile ways of
working including
telehealth, virtual
technology for
rehabilitation and
management”
Digital technology to support
all
Information Governance
Business Planning
Performance
Contracting
Clinical Care
Operations
Information & Business
Intelligence
Estates & Facilities
Management
Digital Strategy for all
East Surrey &Sussex Sustainability &
Transformation Plan (STP), Local Digital
Roadmap (LDR)
East Sussex Better Together Alliance
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Digital Strategy
ESHT Digital will support:
Each Strategy
has to build on
and support
the others
“Investing and effectively using IT can achieve better patient outcomes, reduce bureaucracy, improve patient safety and deliver efficiencies.” NHS England (2015)