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By exploiting innovations and available technology in cloud computing the overall aim is to evolve and transform the NHS and healthcare technology estate into one that is agile, cost-effective, and environmentally sustainable.

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Cloud Centre of Excellence - NHS Cloud strategy

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Cloud computing in the NHS

The UK government encourages cloud adoption, recognising its benefits for efficiency and sustainability. However, the NHS's existing on-premise infrastructure hinders modernisation and scalability.

The NHS Cloud strategy aims to:

  • Modernise ICT: Transition to cloud services, improving flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability
  • Enable innovation: Leverage cloud technologies for new services and improved patient care
  • Build a strong foundation: Establish a robust cloud framework with clear policies and a skilled workforce

Some of the main elements include:

  • Cloud Centres of Excellence: Within each organisation, these centres will bring together diverse expertise to drive successful cloud adoption
  • central support: An NHS England Cloud Centre of Excellence will provide guidance, training, and support to organisations throughout their cloud journey

By embracing cloud computing, the NHS can improve service delivery, enhance patient care, and achieve its strategic goals.

Further resources

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NHS Cloud strategy primer

This primer provides an overview of public clouds and focuses on specific areas of importance for public NHS and healthcare organisations.
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Benefits of Cloud

This guidance is designed to highlight the many benefits cloud services can bring to the NHS or healthcare provider, and how using the cloud can support your digital transformation.
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NHS Cloud Strategy adoption plan

To help NHS and healthcare organisations get started with understanding how to adopt cloud and what the impact will be on their server, infrastructure, and applications we have provided information on public cloud adoption best practice. 
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Choosing a Cloud migration strategy for applications

A workload assessment is an essential tool to structure and communicate your application transformation roadmap. It allows informed decisions on how each application in the scope of a transformation will eventually touch the cloud.
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Role guidance on Cloud

To provide guidance in your organisations cloud adoption when you have created 6 guides focusing on key areas of your organisations and the NHS Cloud Strategy, principles, policies and guidance is relevant to your role.
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NHS Cloud principles

Design your service to fit your cloud deployment type.
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NHS Cloud exit strategy

Support and information to create a cloud exit plan.

Further information

internal Executive summary

Read the Cloud Centre of Excellence strategy's executive summary.

internal Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE)

The Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE) promotes a best practice approach to drive the adoption of Cloud services. It provides a centralised enablement function and supports Cloud service consumers across NHS England and the wider NHS.

Last edited: 20 January 2025 2:44 pm