Standard Guidance

Reach NHS_DTAC_CURRENT readiness without rebuilding your policy programme

DTAC is the NHS England assessment criteria for digital health technologies entering the NHS. Five domains: Clinical Safety (DCB0129), Data Protection (UK GDPR + Caldicott + DSPT), Technical Assurance (Cyber Essentials Plus + ISO 27001 / SOC 2), Interoperability (FHIR + SNOMED CT) + Usability + Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA). Plus core criteria covering company information + value proposition + MHRA registration where applicable. Most NHS procurements require DTAC completion + supplier evidence pack. Quick Policy maps NHS_DTAC_CURRENT into the policy families, controls, and evidence your team needs — and keeps it current between audits.

NHS_DTAC
Self Assessment
Mandatory In Scope
Annual or 365-day review cycle

NHS_DTAC

Framework

UK

Jurisdiction

Self Assessment

Assurance

365 days

Review cadence

NHS_DTAC_CURRENT quick answer

NHS Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) sets the policy, control, and evidence expectations an organisation needs to demonstrate when NHS_DTAC_CURRENT is in scope for UK — and Quick Policy is the fastest way to turn those expectations into a defensible operating programme without months of consultant time.

Standard facts

Framework: NHS_DTAC

Authority: NHS England

Jurisdiction: UK

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Why NHS_DTAC_CURRENT matters for your operating model

NHS_DTAC_CURRENT doesn't just dictate document templates — it shapes which controls auditors test, what evidence they ask for, and which gaps surface first during diligence. Getting it wrong creates renewal slippage, audit findings, and stalled customer deals.

  • Issued by NHS England and primarily enforced in UK.
  • Directly shapes policy families including Clinical Safety, Privacy, Information Security, Interoperability — these are the artefacts assessors open first.
  • Common artifacts include Policy.
  • Obligation model: Mandatory In Scope — meaning you need defensible reasoning for in-scope vs out-of-scope decisions, not just signed policies.

How Quick Policy helps you stand up NHS_DTAC_CURRENT

The platform turns NHS_DTAC_CURRENT from a PDF of requirements into a live operating model — policies, training, evidence, and audit-export packs that update in lock-step when the standard or your business changes.

  • Adopt NHS_DTAC_CURRENT once and Quick Policy seeds the right policy families (Clinical Safety, Privacy, Information Security) with applicability rationale your auditor can follow.
  • Common artifacts include Policy.
  • Review cadence is enforced at ~365 days so policies don't silently expire ahead of recertification.
  • Standard updates (NHS_DTAC_CURRENT revisions, errata, regulator guidance) trigger an applicability re-check across your active policies — not a full rewrite.

Policy families commonly involved

Clinical Safety
Privacy
Information Security
Interoperability

Recommended artifacts and context

Policy

Industry tags: LIFE_SCIENCES

Obligation model: Mandatory In Scope

Coverage depth: Profile

How Quick Policy operationalizes NHS_DTAC_CURRENT

Turn standards context into drafting, review, training, and evidence workflows that are easier to maintain over time.

1

Capture Core Profile

6-8 minutes
Unlocks drafting with a verified organisational baseline.

Admins complete adaptive onboarding to establish operating model, risk posture, and compliance objectives.

2

Determine Applicable Standards

1-2 minutes
Prevents generic policies by grounding outputs in real obligations.

Standards applicability ranks obligations by industry, geography, services, and data profile.

3

Generate and Harmonise Policy

3-8 minutes
Creates review-ready drafts with quality diagnostics and provenance.

Three-pass generation drafts, repairs contradictions, and validates coverage before reviewer handoff.

4

Review and Approve

Team dependent
Maintains accountability and publication controls.

Approvers validate policy language, mappings, and obligations using structured workflow stages.

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