NHSE director vows to ‘turn off’ funding for wasteful IT systems

NHS England will intensify its crackdown on wasteful technology spending next year as part of “radically different” approach to funding, a national director has said.

Alex Crossley, NHSE’s director of transformation, finance and delivery, said the NHS needs to be “more disciplined” with its approach to technology funding and that he would be “turning funding off” when productivity gains are not achieved.

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Source: HSJ, 5 December 2025