NHSE&I expects that trusts will need to contribute £3 billion, under matched- funding arrangements, between 201920 and 2028–29 to meet its current plans for a digital transformation.42 However, in their written evidence to us NHS Providers, the Royal College of Midwives and the NHS Confederation all raised concerns about the ability of trusts to fund digital transformation programmes.43 The Royal College of Midwives told us that in its survey of ‘digital midwives’, a lack of money was the mos...

NHSE&I expects that trusts will need to contribute £3 billion, under matched- funding arrangements, between 201920 and 2028–29 to meet its current plans for a digital transformation.42 However, in their written evidence to us NHS Providers, the Royal College of Midwives and the NHS Confederation all raised concerns about the ability of trusts to fund digital transformation programmes.43 The Royal College of Midwives told us that in its survey of ‘digital midwives’, a lack of money was the most common answer to its question on why they had not achieved digital transformation within their trust. NHS Providers also told us that that that access Type: conclusion | Number: 21 | Response status: not_addressed