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If you took part in the Elective Care Recovery challenges on Solving Together, you may remember that a common thread amongst the 392 ideas and experiences shared in nearly 100,000 interactions was that people said they want to know what is going on and to have more knowledge and control over when things are going to happen to them. 'Managing my own care journey, with support if I need it' was one of three Big Ideas to emerge from these challenges.

The National Outpatient Recovery and Transformation Programme are piloting the use of online forms (also known as e-forms or digital questionnaires), in a small number of trusts to evaluate the impact and scalability of this technology across NHS secondary care.

An online form is a digital tool which enables people to provide clinical information about their medical condition securely to their clinician. This supports clinicians to gather the necessary information to help people see the right clinician, first time, and gives the person more choice in how they receive care.

There's a workspace for the pilot on Future NHS to share resources and learnings with trusts participating in the national online forms pilot, and others who are interested in implementing an online forms solution in their service. You can find the Future NHS space here.

It's great to see this progressing - thank you to everyone who was involved by sharing their ideas and experiences.

You can read the ideas shared as part of the Elective Care Recovery challenges on Solving Together here.

We're looking forward to seeing even more people join future Solving Together sprints - make sure you're signed up to the platform so you can take part!

This post was edited on Apr 25, 2024 by Leigh Kendall