Digital and Data Capability Framework

Who can access the dashboards? 

Organisations across Scotland’s health and social care workforce can access their dashboard. This includes organisations from: 

• NHS 

• Local Authorities 

• Social Work 

• Social Care 

• Care and Support Providers 

• Housing 

• Third and Independent Sectors 

Access is provided at organisational level. Each organisation can nominate up to 5 individuals, enabling nominated leads to view insights for their workforce in a safe, ethical and anonymised way. The focus is on enabling improvement and learning, not monitoring individual performance. 

How do we encourage individuals to engage with the self‑assessment tool? 

• Be clear on the “why”: Position the self‑assessment as a supportive, strengths‑based tool that helps shape learning, investment and service improvement, not as a test of digital skills. 

• Lead Visibly: Leaders at all levels within an organisation or system should actively engage with the tool and commit to promoting the framework and tool across the entire workforce. 

• Develop an Adoption, Communications and Engagement Plan: Form and engage with a structured adoption plan to effectively integrate the self-assessment tool into and across the organisation. 

• Close the loop: Share high‑level insights from the dashboards and be explicit about how they inform decisions, priorities and support for workforce development.

How often is the dashboard data refreshed? 

Data contained within the dashboards are refreshed daily at midday to ensure it is timely and accurately reflects the self-assessment tool submissions. 

What workforce data underpins the dashboards? 

The dashboards are underpinned by data from user submissions from the Self‑Assessment Tool, which captures workforce insight across six key digital and data capability areas. 

Key features include: 

• Professional groups and roles derived from job families ensuring relevance across the wider health and social care workforce 

• Aggregated and anonymised data on reported user digital and data capability levels 

• Visibility of participation levels, helping organisations understand their workforce engagement levels 

How can the dashboards be filtered and reported on? 

The dashboard provides approved users with access to a range of workforce insights that include: 

• Number of self-assessment responses submitted by individuals 

• A summary of how your workforce has scored themselves (Not at Level 1, Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3) for each of the framework capabilities 

• A comparison of digital and data capabilities across different professional groups and roles 

The intent is to support actionable insight, not static reporting, helping organisations target support, shape interventions and track progress over time.