The Royal College of Podiatry's written evidence to the Public Accounts Committee and Health and Social Care Committee scrutiny of Digital Health Care Wales
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During the pandemic podiatrists, quickly adapted to new digital ways of working to deliver the highest quality of care and improve health outcomes. However, they cannot continue to do so without support to make these changes.
The Royal College of Podiatry (RCPod) and nine other professional bodies recently came together to call for better digital systems, better data and better digital leadership for allied health professionals (AHPs) in the UK. In their open letter to the Chief AHP Officers in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and the Chief Therapies (AHP) Adviser in Wales, the AHP professional bodies identified three priority areas for action:
- All AHPs have access to electronic health and care record systems that are fit for purpose
- All AHP services are collecting, using and sharing quality AHP data
- AHP digital leadership at all levels to develop these foundations.