Reviews / 2019
Preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future
Dr Eric Topol · work from 2018 · published 2019
What this was
Review of how genomics, digital medicine and artificial intelligence would change NHS work, and what education needed to do about it. It was commissioned through Health Education England.
Why it sits in the hub
HSSIB's 2026 investigation into advice-and-guidance found staff doing asynchronous clinical work the education system had not prepared them for. That is a Topol problem arriving as a safety incident.
Findings
Finding 1
Technology was arriving faster than education, professionalism and regulation.
Recommendations in this hub
Paraphrase of the public recommendations, not the official text.
- 1Partly doneEducation bodies
Train every clinician in data and digital skills, and build specialist informatics careers.
- 2Not publicly clearNHS
Introduce technology only where it releases time for care and is safe in practice.