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The new NHS College of Leadership and Management will be the national home for NHS leadership, management and talent of excellence.

The Digital Profession team recently undertook a volunteering day at a refugee community centre in Leeds, taking part in Refugee Week (15 to 21 June 2026).

The Digital Integrated Care System (ICS) programme was a free support offer designed to support all Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Integrated Care System (ICS) leaders to better harness digital transformation to enable delivery of system ambitions. It ran for 3 years until June 2025.

We’ve launched a new set of free courses on NHS Digital Academy Campus, designed to fit around busy days and available to all staff across the health and care system.

Launched in June 2025 as part of the Cyber Improvement Programme, Cyber School is building cyber capability across the NHS by providing fully funded training and recognised qualifications to complement the experience of our cyber professionals.

We’ve launched a new set of free, self-guided courses to help colleagues across health and care build confidence in agile ways of working, continuous improvement, and effective digital team practices.

The National Competency Framework (NCF) version 3 (published March 2026) is the third major release of the National Competency Framework for Data Professionals.

Recognising and supporting digital, data and technology professionals in the NHS.

The NHS’s shift towards digital health and the rise in sophisticated cyber security threats have reinforced the need for a robust cyber security workforce within the NHS.

Digital Skills Development Network, Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) Census 2026 - It is important to understand the size and make-up of the Digital Data and Technology workforce at a regional and national level and to track changes over the years as policies and structures change.