Digital Community Pharmacy, Optometry, Dentistry, Ambulance, Community Care (PODAC) Programme
The PODAC programme aimed to improve digitalisation and connectivity in digital community pharmacy, optometry, dentistry, ambulance and community health (PODAC) and the rest of the NHS.
Closed programme
The PODAC programme closed in 2022.
The NHS PODAC programme lead on work to improve digital maturity across community pharmacy, optometry, dentistry, ambulance and community health (known collectively as PODAC).
Its focus was to facilitate PODAC organisations, setting the desired core capabilities required to deliver NHS services. It aimed to empower PODAC sectors to use digital innovations to improve connection to the wider NHS system, provide access to clinical information for direct care and enable health and care staff to direct more time to patient care.
Last edited: 18 September 2025 10:22 am