Health and Social Care Network Health Insights, Birmingham 15 June 2016 Presented by Patrick Clark, Head of Transformation and Communications

1. Health and Social Care Network
Health Insights, Birmingham 15 June 2016
Presented by Patrick Clark, Head of Transformation and Communications

2. Scene setting
The requirements for information access and sharing have
changed significantly over the last 10 years
Over the next two years, the current broadband network for
the health sector (N3) will be replaced by network
arrangements that support health and social care.
The HSCN will lay the foundations for the integration of
health and social care services
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3. N3 to HSCN
N3
• Designed to enable NHS organisations to access national applications
• National private network
• Single supplier
• Long-length contract arrangement
HSCN
• Designed to support Paperless 2020 and the Five Year Forward View
• Standards-based approach
• Enables interoperability between Health and Care organisations
• Supports regional collaboration
• Creates a competitive marketplace
• Supports flexible and remote working patterns
• Makes better use of existing infrastructure and services
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4. Establishing the HSCN
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• establish HSCN network services that adhere to common
standards and policies that enable seamless interoperability
Suppliers will…
• be able to adopt HSCN certified connectivity services
Health and Social Care providers will…
• deliver central infrastructure, service integration and security
monitoring
• establish clear, effective routes to market
• support transition and migration from N3 to HSCN
HSCIC will…

5. Marketplace Creation
HSCN envisages multiple network suppliers providing
standards compliant, interoperable services
• Interoperability achieved through supplier adherence to
common standards and policies
Working with Industry to arrive at an agreed set of HSCN
standards and a certification process by Aug 2016
• Expect to see certified HSCN services emerging during
second half of 2016
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6. Access to HSCN Services
1. Open market
• Buy HSCN
compliant
connectivity
through an existing
procurement
framework, OJEU
etc.
2. Existing contract
• Establish HSCN
compliant
connectivity via
CCN to an existing
network contract
3. Centrally assisted
procurement
• Aggregated
competitions on
behalf of users
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Connectivity will be available through a number of different
procurement routes
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Framework will support
easy access to HSCN Services

7. Funding and Compliance
Funding arrangements for connectivity
Intending to devolve central funding for HSCN Connectivity to customer
organisations
• Support fair and competitive marketplace
• Incentivise collaboration between health and social care organisations
• Incentivise timely migration to HSCN
Customer compliance
Intending to decouple requirements and approval to connect to the network
from the broader Information Governance regime.
• Intend to introduce a Connection Agreement in place of IGSoC
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8. Exiting N3 and migrating to HSCN
1.) Nominate a primary point of contact
• … to liaise with us
2.) Plan to buy HSCN certified connectivity
3.) Buy HSCN certified connectivity
4.) Sign and submit the HSCN Connection agreement
• … this has been published for consultation – feedback welcome
5.) Activate your HSCN connection
• … and terminate your N3 connection if you have one
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You need to…

9. Questions
How to contact HSCN
Email: hscnenquiries@hscic.gov.uk
Web: http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/hscn
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