Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many IT providers of video conferencing services meet the NHS DCB0129 requirements; and which companies have met that standard.

Information on the number of IT providers of video conferencing services who have met the NHS DCB0129 standard is not held centrally. The Health and Social Care Act 2012, Section 250 and the two information standards DBC0129 and DCB0160 establish a framework for clinical risk management of health IT systems. Manufacturers of health IT systems that are publicly commissioned for deployment and use in England for health or adult social care purposes are mandated to pay due attention to the Information Standards notice in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

For video conferencing on an NHS Digital managed framework, NHS Digital has assessed products provided by the following suppliers against DCB0129:

Compliance with the DCB0129 standards is one of the requirements of Digital Technology Assessment Criteria for Health and Social Care that suppliers are required to meet at the point of purchase by the National Health Service. Therefore, further products are likely to have been assessed locally by the NHS.