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Professional requirements
As a healthcare professional, you are required to have basic digital skills for work related tasks. The NHS 10-year plan (2025-2035) aims to utilise digital technology to improve patient care. The Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) advise that registrants must use digital tools where appropriate or required for their practice, with a requirement to change your practice with new developments and technologies.
Health Education England (now part of the Department of Health and Social Care) created competencies to guide healthcare professionals to develop their digital skills. Future work aims to develop this into an interactive profession specific self-assessment tool. The AHP framework is intended to be a supportive tool that can enables AHP staff at all grades to meet their digital potential: