HIYH Impact Report 2025 | Page 18

Building workforce capability to support digital transformation

163 healthcare staff have developed their ability to support digital transformation by taking part in our Digital Ambassadors Programme. The nine-week course is designed to strengthen the digital innovation, transformation, and improvement skills of the workforce so that they can implement digital innovation in their roles and create more efficient ways of working.
Our Digital Ambassadors Programme has been successfully delivered to four separate cohorts across our region with 145 participants completing the training since the programme started in 2023. Due to its success, two further cohorts totalling 18 participants from the North East and North Cumbria
18 Transforming Lives Through Innovation region also completed the programme between February and April 2025.
The course is open to individuals working within primary, secondary, social, and community care and is aligned with the government’ s analogue to digital strategic shift. The
Analogue to digital
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