The benefits of having NHS login on the platform are still being realised and will become more valuable as more apps and services are added and users can see the speed and convenience realised from a single, linked login option.
For the end users, having an NHS login has:
- given them a high level of trust in the platform as it has the NHS branding
- shown users how quick, easy and simple it is to then sign up for other apps and websites
- given them a seamless, centralised and consistent process to accessing digital services and tools
As Philippa Hendrie, Project Manager at Early Years Digitisation (using NHS login as part of GM Identity) told us, "There’s certainly a level of confidence if you say NHS login, that puts people’s minds at ease that its not some sort of separate thing. You don’t have to explain how it all works or how the securities have been put in place, it has a certain gravitas to it".
Shaping Cloud benefits
Benefits include:
- having the expertise to help developers wanting to be a part of GM Identity to be fully compliant, understand their legal obligations and have the level of assurance needed
- having the knowledge and expertise with NHS login to help future clients with advice on the level authentication required for a product
- a plug and play identity verification service bolted into the regional identity service they’ve developed that can be trusted by clients and citizens alike
GMCA & GM HSCP benefits
Benefits include:
- information can be shared between the general public, health care professionals and local authority representatives, safe in the knowledge the data is secure and being accessed by appropriate parties
- having NHS login as part of GM Identity which ensures that the right person accesses the right information at the right time
- from an IG perspective they can be confident that 3rd party suppliers hit their required governance and compliance levels to provide safe and secure digital tools for their citizens
For developers, the key benefit is one of time and money in that those who wish to be a part of the platform now don’t have to think about or invest in a login solution, they can just plug and consume the service, saving the client time and money.
Rebecca Stockdale (Head of Product at Shaping Cloud) said, "Digital leads for Regional partnerships like Integrated Care Systems (ICS) or Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STP) can focus on what they’re building, doing quicker development and save money not having to create an authentication process for each app, or create unnecessarily complicated identity and access management solutions. Public sector orgs can instead focus on the needs of their users and ensure that their data is safe guarded by an assured and secure identity service that’s easy to use and a consistent experience."