Health and Care
Essential digital capability in the Health and Care sector supports safe, effective and efficient care today, and ensures the workforce is prepared for increasing digitalisation of services, social and clinical practice.
Building essential digital skills is fundamental to improving outcomes for patients, service users and the future healthcare workforce.
With leadership from NHS England, Skills for Care, Ramsay Health and the Royal College of Surgeons, our Health and Care sector team is delivering an action plan to make the workforce digital skills gap a recognised priority across the sector.
The sector spans a wide range of settings, roles and workforce needs. The team is building targeted engagement channels to reflect this diversity and reach key parts of the system, including the following specific themes:
- NHS
- Adult social care
- Independent and private healthcare
- Future workforce
Our Health and Care team
Alongside mobilising sector-wide engagement, our Health and Care partners are demonstrating what good looks like through employer-led action within their own organisations.
Co-leads
Employer team members
Health and Care sector signatories of the Workforce Digital Skills Charter
2026 action plan priorities
The Health and Care sector team is focused on strengthening engagement across NHS, adult social care and independent providers, scaling awareness and action. A key priority is converting interest into commitment by growing Charter signatories and embedding digital capability as a workforce priority.
The team will also focus on translating early employer‑led activity into scalable, repeatable approaches, sharing learning across the sector and supporting organisations to embed essential digital and AI skills in workforce strategies and service delivery.
For more information on the 2026 goals of the Health and Care sector team and progress made so far, download the Essential Digital Skills Health and Care Sector Action Plan.
