Ms Angela Fitzgerald:

There are some links but they are probably quite discrete. To take the core point, the limitations in technology and how they limit delivery of the services and work we do, Ms Flynn has a role in relation to health information standards. I will ask her to contribute on the point in a minute. We called out very clearly in a document published in 2021 the requirement for an integrated information system that allows for a couple of things, one of which is the ability for us to track patients and service users because they move within and across settings. The current systems do not always allow us to track that information. The Deputy will know that from some of the parliamentary questions he raised. The second thing is, if we have learned from Covid, we have learned that having a unique identifier is a core requirement to enable that. Thankfully, the health information Bill seeks to deliver that. In the interim, there is fragmentation in systems. I lived through the cyberattack and the hospital system was paralysed but, perversely, the community system, because it was so paper-based, experienced less of an impact. The challenges of that were amplified by Covid. The requirement for digital transformation and a digital strategy that enables safe movement of data, personal data particularly, within and across settings, are central. I will ask Ms Flynn and Ms Ryan to explain a little bit about whether it impacts health technology as it is a slightly different point.