The results of a Data Maturity Assessment (DMA), published by NHS England, demonstrate a year-on-year improvement for LSCFT.
The DMA is a centrally run annual survey of all NHS trusts and Integrated Care Board (ICB) that assesses organisations against the 'what good looks like' framework across 46 domains.
It looks at our adoption of digital technology and the results help to guide our digital strategy and improve patient care.
We are pleased to say that we have improved from 2.6 out of 5 in 2024 to 2.9 in 2025 for mental health services and from 2.5 in 2024 to 2.8 for our physical health community services. This upward trajectory demonstrates that we are on the right track and that our commitment to digital innovation and investment in our digital infrastructure is making a difference.
Some of the projects we’re proud to be working on, include:
- The adoption of Rio ReCHARGED, developing an electronic clinical system that supports the best possible care and practice, and improves the experience for our colleagues, service users and their support networks.
- Exploring the use of Ambient Voice Technology (AVT) which has the ability to securely listen to and summarise clinical conversations, directly supporting the drafting of letters and clinical notes. This allows clinicians to remain focused and engaged with their patients, while improving the quality of documentation and significantly reducing the burden of administrative tasks.
- The migration to SharePoint Online for centralised document management and improved collaboration across teams and services.
- Forming partnerships with organisations such as the Lister Alliance to improve safety, sustainability and care outcomes. The alliance operates ‘living labs’ which are real-world testing environments where frontline staff, technologists, and researchers co-design and trial new digital tools and services.
- Consolidating and sharing our data centres and infrastructure across the ICB to help reduce power usage for the Trust and our partners.
- The facilitation of a Trust-wide Improvement Conference, updating colleagues on projects, sharing best practice and ideas.
Abigail Harrison, Chief Digital, Infrastructure and Improvement Officer at LSCFT, said:
"We welcome the improvement we have made on 2024’s scores and that we are performing well within our peer group, but also recognise we have more to do, and our improvement journey is only just beginning.
"At the end of 2024, the NHS announced it’s 10-year health plan which centres on three domains: from hospital to community; from analogue to digital and from sickness to prevention.
"All three shifts require digital change and transformation and through our Digital Enabling Strategy, we will continue to release time to care, improve safety and experience for our service users and colleagues."
