ICS Digital Programme

A complex and emerging national programme, the Digital Diagnostics Capability Programme (DDCP) was allocated funding to ICB’s to implement the Maturity Matrix for Radiology and Pathology services. The funding was for Diagnostic Networks, and the scope and remit, as well as the scale was poorly understood. Therefore, the CTO lead and I developed a plan for a scope and discovery phase of current state, utilizing the skills of two leading consultancy firms. The output of that led to my authorship of the C&M DDCP Roadmap, 5-case model Pathology Digital Investment Business Case and 5-case model Imaging Digital Investment Business Case with input from the stakeholders selected by the Network leads. The resultant strategy was to cover a complete service redesign to cloud based vendor neutral archives, connectivity of diagnostic imaging and results in all care settings, including pathology, and the utilization of AI and RPA to refine pathology diagnostic care pathways. I engaged in mapping the intended outputs, outcomes, and benefits of the project portfolio to the national team spending objectives, the ICB Strategy, the ICB Digital Strategy and Diagnostics Network’s digital strategy. Additionally, I needed to prioritise across the digital portfolio, factoring in resource availability, finance, and clinical risk. Working closely with NHSE on the capability model, I engaged the financial community in C&M and took benchmarking learning from other regions in the North West, to ensure benefits articulated were based on sound measurable models for ROI. Managed the C&M DDCP capital budget, which included contractual management which necessitated drafting milestone payment mechanisms, framework compliance and presenting reports on spend to the DoF of Commercial and Capital for LUHFT, and the ICB DoF Group and ICB Procurement Groups, with required attention to Trust adoption within local governance requirements.