Health and care

Digital health is undergoing rapid change and BCS is committed to supporting the establishment of regulated professional standards in this sector. This will empower health leaders and their staff to provide safe, robust, and innovative care for patients.

Articles, papers and reports

Take a look at our most recent papers and reports, or view all of our published policy papers.

Information standards for health and adult social care in England

The BCS’ Health and Care Executive responded to a Department of Health and Social Care consultation: Information standards for health and adult social care in England.

Read our response to the DHSC consultation

Contact tracing apps

BCS response to “How can contact tracing apps be managed to assist Government in answering key questions to address the current crisis and enjoy public support?”

Read our contact tracing apps response

FEDIP - promoting professional standards

BCS is part of the consortium behind the Federation for Informatics Professionals. It aims to set and maintain professional standards, safeguarding the public through the best use of information and technology in health care.

Federation for Informatics Professionals (FEDIP)

CHIME - promoting professional standards

BCS has partnered with the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) - through which BCS members can take an internationally recognised qualification for senior leaders in health informatics.

More about CHIME

Join in

Discover BCS membership! You’ll be joining a thriving community of IT professionals and benefits include access to regular events, conferences, meetings, as well the chance to join our members groups. For more details go to the BCS Health and Care specialist group section.

Share your support

BCS wants to hear from its members on a range of highly topical issues. These expert views help shape our policies. As stated above - our members have concerns about the big brother perceptions around privacy and the NHSX tracing app, and reservations about whether it would be downloaded, with only 24 percent saying they would do so.

"Digital maturity is not just about what software modules you've got. It‘s about better patient outcomes."

Dr Philip Scott

Chair, BCS Health & Care Specialist Group

Get involved

Do you want to know more about our policy work or have views about STEM policy you’d like to share? Would your organisation like to get involved with our STEM research or carry out a joint campaign with BCS? If so, we want to hear from you! To share your opinions and to find out more about partnering with us, get in touch at policyhub@bcs.uk

Email policyhub@bcs.uk