NHS digital sites

• Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)
• Digital Health and Care Wales: Digital inclusion
• NHS England: Digital transformation
• Digital Health and Care Scotland

Department of Health and Social Care (2025) Fit for the future: 10 year health plan for England (CM 1350).

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Health Education England (2023) AI and digital healthcare technologies capability framework. London: HEE

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NHS Futures (2026) Futures for technology and digital.

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NHS Futures (2026) What good looks like hub.

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Topol (2019) The Topol review: preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future. London: Health Education England.

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Department of Health (Northern Ireland) (2022) All-Ireland digital capability framework for health and social care. Belfast: Department of Health.

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Health and Social Care Board (2022) Digital strategy health and social care Northern Ireland 2022-2030. Belfast: Health and Social Care Board.

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Scottish Government and COSLA (2025) Care in the digital age: delivery plan 2025-26. Scotland’s digital health and care strategy. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.

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Scottish Government and COSLA (2023) Greater access, better insight, improved outcomes: strategy for data-driven care in the digital age. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.

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Turas Learn (2024) Digital and data capability framework.

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Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) (2023) Digital Capability Framework (DCF).

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Welsh Government (2023) Digital and data strategy for health and social care in Wales. Cardiff: Welsh Government.

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We would like to thank the RCN Digital Nursing member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Carroll W M (2024) Nursing informatics: truths, talent, and transforming the future. New York: Routledge.

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Delaney C W, Weaver C A, Sensmeier J, Pruinelli L and Weber P (eds.) (2022) Nursing and informatics for the 21st century: embracing a digital world. Book 1: realizing digital health: bold challenges and opportunities for nursing. 3rd edn. New York: Routledge. 

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Delaney C W, Weaver C A, Sensmeier J, Pruinelli L and Weber P (eds.)  (2022) Nursing and informatics for the 21st century: embracing a digital world. Book 2: nursing education and digital health strategies. 3rd edn. New York: Routledge. 

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Delaney C W, Weaver C A, Sensmeier J, Pruinelli L and Weber P (eds.)  2022) Nursing and informatics for the 21st century: embracing a digital world. Book 3: innovation, technology, and applied informatics for nurses.

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Delaney C W, Weaver C A, Sensmeier J, Pruinelli L and Weber P (eds.) (2022) Nursing and informatics for the 21st century: embracing a digital world. Book 4: nursing in an integrated digital world that supports people, systems, and the planet. 3rd edn. New York: Routledge. 

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Garcia-Dia M J and Kagan O (eds.) (2026) The informatics guide to healthcare from insight to action. Oxford: Productivity Press.

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McGonigle D and Mastrian K (2025) Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge. 6th edn. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

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Phillips N, Stacey G and Dowding D (2024) Harnessing digital technology and data for nursing practice. London: Elsevier.

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Vasilica C M, Gillaspy E and Withnell N (2023) Digital skills for nursing studies and practice. London: Learning Matters.

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Wynn M.O. (ed.) (2025) Digital nursing: shaping practice and identity in the age of informatics. Abingdon: Routledge.

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Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.

• Digital Nursing
• AI (Artificial Intelligence)
• Informatics

Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.

• AI (artificial intelligence)
• Digital nursing
• Electronic patient records
• Health information technology
• Hospital at Home
• Mobile technology
• Nursing informatics
• Virtual Ward

Journals of interest for eHealth. Use these links to see details of availability.

• BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
• CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing
• Digital Health
• Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)
• JMIR mHealth and uHealth
• JMIR Nursing
• Lancet Digital Health
• npj Digital Medicine