encompass Briefing to the Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Health

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Dr Dermot Hughes, Senior Responsible Owner for encompass and Mr Dan West, Chief Digital Information Officer at the Department of Health, presented a briefing on encompass to the NI Health Committee on 10 March 2022.

Dr Hughes and Dan explained how encompass will benefit patients, service users and staff, the need for encompass, what encompass will deliver and much more.

Some interesting questions asked by Health Committee Members
and addressed by Dr Hughes and Dan included:

· Why was South Eastern HSCT selected to go first?

· How much staff time will be freed up?

· What will encompass mean for patients?

· What will encompass mean to a social worker?

· Why were there two delays to date with encompass?

· How will training be rolled out for staff?

· How will you communicate huge cultural changes for staff and patients?

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