In attendance
- Director of Data Management and Transformation, NHS England – Chair
- FDP Demand and Delivery Lead, NHS England
- Deputy Director, Transforming Operational Delivery, NHS England
- Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Director of Digital Operations, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Head of Information Governance, FDP, NHS England
- Head of Communications and Engagement, FDP, NHS England
- Assistant Director, Programme Management Office (PMO), NHS England
- Regional Chief Operating Officer, Midlands, NHS England
- Joint Chief Digital Officer, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care System
- Executive Director, Strategy Change and In Hospital Services, NHS England
- Deputy Director of Product, NHS England
- Director of Operational Insight, NHS England
- Director of Advanced Analysis, NHS England
- Regional Director of Digital Transformation – East of England
- Chief Medical Officer, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Caldicott Guardian, Kent
- PMO Lead, NHS England
- FDP Benefits Lead, NHS England Commercial Lead, NHS England
- Corporate Governance and Compliance Manager, NHS England
- Director of Continuous Improvement, University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group, National Transformation Lead, NHS England Federated Data Platform Programme
Apologies
- Director (Data and Analytics), NHS England
- Director of Data Services and Deputy Chief Data and Analytics Officer/Programme Director, NHS England
- Portfolio Director, NHS England
- Director of Privacy, Transparency and Ethics, NHS England
- Head of Shared Procurement Services, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Director, Virtual Wards and Community Transformation, NHS England
- National Medical Director for Secondary Care, Consultant Vascular and General Surgeon, NHS England
- Regional Director of Digital Transformation – Midlands Regional Director of Digital Transformation – East of England
1. Welcome and introductions
The chair welcomed members to the meeting. Apologies were noted.
2. Declarations of interest
The chair asked members to declare any interests. No new interests were declared.
3. Review of actions
The chair guided the group through a review of the open actions and progress was noted. There were no objections to the closure of actions and no concerns were raised about actions that were in progress.
4. Decisions made
The chair summarised the decisions made since the last Programme Board meeting on 24 April 2025.
Action: the deputy director of delivery transformation to present a paper to the Programme Board in June (subsequently moved to July) clarifying how the Health Decision Suite (HDS) offer pack will work.
The Board noted the update.
5. FDP highlight report
The director of data management and transformation provided an overview of the FDP highlight report.
As of 28 May 2025, a total of 114 acute trusts and 10 non-acute trusts had formally signed up to implement the FDP via a memorandum of understanding and the relevant information governance documentation. A total of 79 acute trusts are live/in delivery.
Work is ongoing to make more products generally available, including Cancer 360, Shared Patient Tracking Lists (PTL) and the System Coordination Centre products.
There has been slower progress in April and May than anticipated, with demand and delivery moving to amber on the risk report. Consideration will be given to the right interventions to help local organisations and help recover the position so targets can be achieved by March 2026.
In response to questions raised regarding Cancer 360 and whether this is replacing all cancer tools in the system, the message is that Cancer 360 is about co-ordinating activity and workflow and is not intended to replace core cancer systems already in place.
Consideration was being given to increasing the publication frequency of the list of trusts which had signed up to Cancer 360 from quarterly to monthly. This would help to address media negativity.
The key performance indicator (KPI) summary report will be updated to draw out key measures for tracking and targeting. Feedback would be welcomed.
Action: PMO to provide a slide with updated KPI indicators.
The Board noted the report.
6. FDP end of year summary
Members received an FDP end of year summary.
The Board noted the summary.
7. FDP delivery update
Members received a summary update on the programme’s delivery progress. Work will continue regionally to encourage adoption.
Action: convene a deep dive into the Centre of Excellence to ascertain training offer.
Action: the deputy director of delivery transformation and regional chief operating officer, Midlands, NHS England agreed to discuss what can be put in place to support organisations in the West Midlands.
The Board noted the update and agreed that the potential impact around integrated care board changes be referred to the Strategic Oversight Committee.
8. FDP product update
Members received a product update illustrating the current position on core products and on emerging products.
Action: deputy director of product, NHS England to share road map with regional director of data and transformation – East of England.
Action: the deputy director of delivery transformation to produce a road map explaining why different product elements have different levels of prioritisation or resource behind them.
9. Performance and improvement
The director of data management and transformation, NHS England talked through their work with the Demand and Delivery team on developing a performance, accountability and continuous improvement product.
FDP presents an opportunity to empower service and directorate managers with consistent data, and as a platform to deploy productivity-enhancing apps cost- effectively and at pace.
10. Any other business and close
There were no other items of business raised.
The meeting concluded.
Date of next meeting: 7 July 2025
Completed by: PMO secretariat
Reviewed by: senior PMO secretariat
Confirmed by: meeting chair