We prepared a comprehensive 3-year Digital Transformation Investment Plan that seamlessly integrated into the full ICB Plan, driving digital transformation and delivering exceptional value to the ICB.
Background
The Lancashire & South Cumbria (L&SC) ICB Digital Leadership Team engaged the MLCSU DT team to prepare a comprehensive 3-year Digital Transformation Investment Plan (DTIP). The goal was to ensure that the DTIP would seamlessly integrate into the full ICB Plan.
Action
The MLCSU DT team worked closely with key stakeholders, including digital and programme leadership, clinicians, and representatives from the ICS team, the 5 ICPs, Primary Care, Community Health, Local Government, VCFSEs, Academia, and the NHSE regional digital transformation team.
The team began by refreshing the 3-year digital strategy, which was linked with NHSE initiatives, including What Good Looks Like, Who Pays for What, Who Does What, Putting Data, Digital and Technology at the Heart of Transforming the NHS, and the nationally provided Place Development Programme.
They collaborated with stakeholders to identify potential initiatives, priorities, and related funding sources. The team also considered other contextual documents, such as Core 20 plus 5, ICB operational plans, ICP digital and clinical plans, social care plans, sustainability, NetZero, and green targets.
Impact
A comprehensive portfolio of projects and programmes with a high-level timeline
A detailed written DTIP document covering some 90 pages, including:
– An overview of the document, the purpose of DTIP, and an executive summary with plans aligned to the ICS digital strategy strategic pillars
– A full review of the technical architecture and financial plan
– Consideration of risk to delivery and suggested mitigations
– Conclusions and appendices, including an adaptive philosophy to delivery, key documents and references; programme overviews
– An overview presentation pack of the DTIP for stakeholder playback and approvals
– A headline summary of the PMO capability and recommendations for further development
The DTIP was designed as a living document that set the foundation for investment, implementation, portfolio management, assurance, and benefits realisation. With a focus on adaptive philosophy to delivery and considering risks, the DTIP successfully delivered a detailed roadmap that would drive digital transformation, improve operational efficiency, and deliver exceptional value to the ICB.
Customer feedback
The assistance provided by MLCSU gave invaluable support to the L&SC digital team, to complete a comprehensive system-wide DTIP. This DTIP is now being used to underpin a new Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB digital and data strategy in the next financial year.
Andrew Thompson | Chief Technology Officer – Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB