NHS England has awarded a £37.5m contract to tech consultancy firm BJSS for digital services, including the development of the NHS App.
The contract is for three years, from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027 and will include the deliver of ‘large-scale public facing digital services’, according to the contract notice published last week.
This includes the development of the NHS.uk website and the ‘wider portfolio’, including NHS App.
According to its website, BJSS has also worked with NHS England on building the e-Referral service and rebuilding the NHS Spine.
Health secretary Wes Streeting has previously said that switching from analogue to digital is the one thing that would make a ‘demonstrable improvement’ to the NHS, with it his key priority for this parliament.
The Government has recently pledged to develop the NHS App to improve information and appointment management for patients.
Earlier this month, ICBs were told the first steps they must complete for elective care reform, including to continue working towards greater connectivity between the e-Referral system, patient engagement portals and the NHS App, so that patients have more control over their appointments.
A cancer screening service for women called ‘ping and book’ which enables women to get routine reminders and options to book cancer screening through the NHS App is also being rolled out over the next two years.
