Strategy

Cloud Centre of Excellence - NHS cloud strategy

The NHS cloud strategy aims to guide the NHS and other healthcare organisations in harnessing cloud computing to move to a cloud-based environment.

Cloud guide for the public sector

This cloud guide, also known as ‘The One Government Cloud Strategy’ (OGCS), includes lock-in, commercial, technical, security, operations, people and related issues. It aims to support the government by providing an effective way to gain benefits from using the cloud and other hosting solutions.

NHSX Delivery Plan cloud and internet first

NHSX delivery plan. To comply with the DHSC’s Technology Code of Practice and the government’s cloud first policy, public sector organisation's digital services should move to the public cloud.

Public cloud first

Digital services should move to the public cloud unless there is a clear reason not to do so.

UK Government Technology code of Practice

The Technology Code of Practice is a set of criteria to help government design, build and buy technology.

UK Government Cloud First Policy

The government introduced a ‘Cloud First’ policy in 2013 for all technology decisions.

The NHS Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab

The NHS Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (NHS AI Lab) was created to address that challenge by bringing together government, health and care providers, academics and technology companies. If you work in AI for health and care, get involved.

Architecture

Cloud architecture describes how components are brought together to form a cloud as well as how applications are built on the cloud platforms.