Digitising NHS and adult social care ‘will cost £21bn over the next five years’

Patient’s records are stored at at GP practice (PA) - (PA Archive)

Digitising NHS and social care will cost £21 billion over the next five years, but could be vital for driving down waiting lists, according to new research.

A report said the UK will need to spend billions to fully implement electronic patient records, cloud storage, cyber security and wi-fi, with the skills and capabilities needed to use them.