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<p>The Government supports the wider use of information technologies in health and
social care and the creation of a paperless National Health Service by 2020.</p><p>
</p><p>Investments in health technology were announced in the autumn statement and
will help patients and staff access the services they need and facilitate use of online
services and apps including those that enable communication between patients and their
medical and other health and social care practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>The Government
welcomes the recommendations to increase take-up of internet enabled services that
were made by Martha Lane Fox in December 2015. These recommendations will inform the
delivery of the National Implementation Board’s contribution to the implementation
of the NHS strategic plan for England outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View.</p>
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