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Who we are
As the national information and technology partner to the heath and care system, our mission is to harness its power to make health and care better. We empower the public, help professionals provide better care and produce data and insight that makes taxpayers’ money go further.
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Our work
Find out what our work involves.
Connecting
We are connecting the NHS and social care system, increasing the secure flow of information and helping to build the future by coupling our technologies with pioneering science in artificial intelligence and the life sciences
Reinventing
We are reinventing the IT infrastructure of the NHS and care and providing new digital systems that allow doctors, nurses, and social workers to spend less time on paperwork and more time on working together to improve care
Reshaping
We are reshaping the public’s relationship with their own health and care, creating digital services that give unprecedented access to information and choice while ensuring people’s private data is used appropriately and kept secure
Our values
Our values are the principles that guide how we behave and how we work with others. Everything we do is shaped by them, whether we are designing a marketing campaign to promote our services, providing statistics in a publication, or talking to our customers.
We deliver on our commitments by applying the highest levels of expertise, conduct and personal responsibility.
We value and promote positive relationships with colleagues, customers and the public and are responsive to their needs.
We actively embrace change and bring new ideas to deliver excellent services for our customers and better outcomes for the public.
We act with integrity, impartiality and openness and in the best interests of the public.