Detailed guidance has been published to support clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to prepare plans – called local digital roadmaps – on how their local health and care areas will achieve the ambition of being paper-free at the point of care by 2020.

As a first step CCGs are required to provide a ‘footprint’ of their local digital roadmap. This footprint explains whether a local roadmap covers a single CCG area, or multiple CCG areas. 

Every CCG is required to complete and return a footprint and governance form by 30 October 2015 – see guidance and forms.

Individual CCGs will decide whether or not to join together with neighbouring CCGs to develop a single roadmap.