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Creating a new NHS England: Health Education England, NHS Digital and NHS England have merged. More about the merger.

About us

Our teams design, develop and operate national IT and data services that support clinicians at work, help patients get the best care, and use data to improve treatment.

Organisation information
We merged with NHS England on 1 February 2023. NHS Digital organisation information is available on the National Archives website.
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44 million confirmed accounts

NHS login allows users to access their personal health and care information

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1 billion prescriptions

In 2022, 1 billion prescriptions were dispensed using the Electronic Prescription Service, making prescribing safer, easier and faster

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58 clinical trials supported

NHS DigiTrials supports clinical trials that are developing new treatments to improve health and care

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1.6 million devices enrolled

We actively monitor and detect nefarious activity across the NHS network by enrolling our devices onto Microsoft Defender for Endpoint