Abolition of NHSE sends shock waves across digital health sector

The government’s announcement that NHS England will be abolished has sent shock waves across the digital health community.

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said on 13 March 2025 that the management of the NHS would be brought back into the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), reversing the top-down reorganisation of the NHS by Andrew Lansley, former Conservative health secretary, in 2012.

We asked digital health leaders to respond to the announcement and how it will impact NHS technology and innovation.

Many expressed concern for NHS colleagues facing an uncertain future.

Although some are optimistic that the changes will reduce bureaucracy, helping to accelerate the shift from analogue to digital, others feel that the disruption could lead to a loss of momentum, causing delays to national IT programmes and funding allocations for digital and data.

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