NHSmail & Microsoft Licensing
September 2014 Update for CIOs
Peter Dyke, Head of Industry Liaison
HSCIC, 19th September 2014
Agenda
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Where’s email going?
NHSmail2 procurement update
Own accredited secure email solutions
SMS and Fax gateway closures 31/3/2015
Microsoft licensing update
Contact for further information
Where’s email going?
2014
NHSmail
c. 600,000 users
in England
(Accredited
Secure)
Local Email
c. 700,000 users
(Not accredited
as secure)
Other accredited secure cloud
hosted email/collaboration
(no users – nothing is
accredited to ISB1596 yet..)
2016-17
NHSmail2
c. 900,000 users
(Accredited
cloud secure
email &
collaboration)
Local Email
c. 200,000 users
(Accredited
Secure)
Accredited
secure cloud
secure email and
collaboration
(ISB1596)
>100,000 users
2020+
Accredited
Cloud secure
email,
collaboration &
business
productivity
c. 1,000,000
users in Health
Local Email
<100,000 users
Secure
NHSmail2 update
• Shortlist of potential suppliers published
– Available on CCS Managed Email Framework
– Accenture, BT, CSC, General Dynamics, Vodafone
• Next Steps
– NHSmail2 ITT published end September 2014
– User Evaluation November 2014 (please get involved)
– Preferred supplier identified early December: FBC starts
approval process..
– FBC Approved/Contract Let March 2015 (pre purdah)
– NHSmail2 service live Summer 2015
– Migration to new service completed March 2016
– Current service shut down June 2016
Own accredited secure email solutions
• Going forwards the options are:
– Either use NHSmail (fully) or
– Operate own email to ISB1596 secure email standard (fully)
and connect it securely to NHSmail
• c. 20% of NHS organisations indicate that they want to
run their own email solutions
• ISB 1596 Secure Email standard approved and
published March 2014. Work to pilot/prove in process
• Final decisions needed December 2014
– A significant programme of work/investment needs to be
performed by the local organisation if they want to meet ISB
1596 requirements, get a system accredited, connect it to
NHSmail2, migrate all users to the new platform and close down
all current use of NHSmail by June 2016 when the current
NHSmail platform will close…
NHSmail SMS and Fax gateway closures
• Fax Gateway closes 31/3/2015
– Low level of usage but part of established process
– Users need help to change working process
– Locally led change management project
• SMS Gateway closes 31/3/2015
– Supports business critical processes used at scale
– Trusts need to implement new solutions to enable continued use
and business benefit
– Locally led technology replacement project (initially)
– Help at http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/nhsmail/transition
– CSU/CCG/GP should await advice from NHSE
Microsoft Licensing Update
• Everyone is in a similar place as a result of the EWA end
in May 2010 (upgrade cycle starting) e.g.
– CoreCALs need replacing
– Upgrade costs for SQL/Windows/Exchange/Sharepoint no
longer offset by EWA CALs
• NHSmail2 business case approval forces the pan-NHS
issues to be worked through, e.g.
– accreditation of Office 365 against ISB1596
– Ensuring that local and national spend is not duplicated e.g. on
CoreCALs
• PSA15 discussions to secure best terms for future
purchases are happening in parallel
– Led by Crown Commercial Services/Cabinet Office Crown Rep
• Expect clarity early in 2015
Contact for further information
• NHSmail
nhs-mail2@nhs.net or
tog.konyn@nhs.net (NHSmail lead for London)
• Microsoft Licensing
ewat@nhs.net or
peter.dyke@nhs.net