With coronavirus increasing the demand on NHS services, Justin Day, CEO of Cloud Gateway, discusses why the cloud could be the lifeline for the NHS
The NHS has come a long way since its creation but it now faces a great challenge in keeping up with the digital age. As the British population continues to increase, so too does the demand on the NHS, often leaving healthcare services and IT systems strained and overstretched. To cope with these issues, the Government created the ‘Personalised Health & Care 2020’ policy. The framework outlined the intention to use technology and data to further develop health and social services and thereby improve patient outcomes.
Cloud will be vital to achieving the outcomes set out in the Government initiative and will be a crucial component in digitalising the healthcare system. It’s not a simple three-step process but integrating cloud into the NHS will bring significant benefits and help drive innovation in healthcare services.
Consolidating cloud
Many NHS services are legacy systems which pose a complex challenge for the team digitalising applications as part of the wider digital…
