IT Requirements for Personalised Care

NHS England is leading a process on behalf of and with clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) across England, to ensure that information technology (IT) solutions that support the personalisation agenda in health and social care, specifically the rollout of Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC)1 and personal health budgets (PHBs)2, are high quality and represent value for money. The specification document sets out the expected functional requirements of these IT solutions.

The requirements have been developed with CCGs, local authorities and other local partners, and with people with experience of personalised care. The requirements are intended to be used by IT suppliers in order to develop appropriate solutions that take into account the needs of all service users, including those with PHBs and people in IPC cohorts, and support the delivery of the intended benefits from more personalised approaches to care.

The document sets out a number of core requirements that all solutions should comply with, and additional functionality that supports the principles of personalisation. This will allow different solutions to meet different system and organisational needs, and will enable flexibility and innovation.

IT suppliers are invited to respond to the document, setting out how their IT solutions fulfil these requirements. This is the first stage in a process through which NHS England will assess the relevant IT solutions currently available in the market to:  Ensure that they meet the core functional requirements.  Clarify and agree which additional functionality they offer, meeting all additional requirements within the relevant functional area.  Clarify the commercial model employed or proposed for each of the solutions.

To access the documents interested parties should follow the instructions in section 5 'Additional Information' Additional information: Interested organisations are encouraged to register their interest via NHS England's eSourcing portal. Instructions for registering are as follows: a) Find the eSourcing Portal at the following link: https://nhsengland.bravosolution.co.uk b) Click, View current opportunities and register with the site. c) Express an interest in the project PQQ_17 - Personalisation ICT Solution (it should be noted that this is NOT the actual PQQ stage of the procurement.

It is a market engagement exercise. System limitations mean that the label states 'PQQ'