The Digital Technology Assessment Criteria for health and social care (DTAC) gives staff, patients and citizens confidence that the digital health tools they use meet our clinical safety, data protection, technical security, interoperability and usability and accessibility standards.
The DTAC brings together legislation and good practice in these areas. It is the national baseline criteria for digital health technologies entering and already used in the NHS and social care.
The DTAC is designed to be used by healthcare organisations to assess suppliers at the point of procurement or as part of a due diligence process, to make sure digital technologies meet our minimum baseline standards. For developers, it sets out what is expected for entry into the NHS and social care.
Download and use the DTAC form
The DTAC is available as a document (ODT, 132KB) that you can download and print.
Please download it at the point of use, to make sure you’re using the most up to date version.
Get email updates about changes to the DTAC
DTAC will naturally iterate as legislation and standards change. We will update on changes through our Transformation bulletin. To keep up to date, subscribe to our Transformation bulletin.