
Next steps
This guide is designed to give board leaders a summary of the expert advice, guidance and peer learning produced by NHS Providers and Public Digital as part of the Digital Boards programme. Visit our Knowledge Hub to access a variety of additional digital resources for trust leaders. Over the course of three years of the Digital Boards programme, we have identified eight broad themes for good digital leadership at board level. These build on the existing literature and methodologies, including NHS England's What good looks like framework. Combined, we think they describe digitally mature board leadership in the NHS. We are using these to measure impact across our work:

Useful links
For more information about Digital Boards, and how to take advantage of the free development offer for your board, please contact digital.boards@nhsproviders.org.
Digital Boards Leadership guides in full
- A new era of digital leadership
- Building and enabling digital teams
- Building a digital strategy
- Making the right technology decisions
- Digital Delivery Principles
- Making the most of your electronic patient record system
During our conversations with trust leaders and system leaders, we've received feedback about the need to provide support Integrated Care Boards. We are pleased that our Digital ICS programme, now up and running and delivered in partnership with the NHS Confederation, is helping drive similar changes at a system level. Please encourage your system leaders to take part and book a development session for their own board.