The NHS Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) is a mandatory assurance requirement for digital health technologies operating within, or seeking adoption into, NHS settings. It covers five domains which together form the core criteria used to assess whether a digital health tool is safe, secure, and ready to be used by the NHS.
We help manufacturers build the evidence and governance needed to submit and sustain compliance, and we help health organisations independently review the submitted DTAC assessment for compliance and acceptance.
We combine regulatory expertise with clinical safety experience and real-world NHS insight, so DTAC becomes a foundation for sustainable governance.
We provide support across all five of the DTAC domains, working in partnership to ensure clinical safety, data protection, technical security, interoperability, and usability & accessibility.
We support manufacturers end-to-end across every DTAC domain — from baseline gap assessment through evidence development to submission readiness and ongoing compliance maintenance. Our approach is proportionate to your organisation’s maturity and delivery timeline, not a one-size-fits-all checklist.
We can also act on your behalf in communication with the deploying NHS or health organisation, supporting the review of your submission from their side of the table and fielding queries or clarification requests as they arise.
That means fewer delays caused by ongoing queries, and a more coherent, defensible evidence set going into procurement.
Where you’re on the receiving end of a DTAC submission from a manufacturer or supplier, we provide independent review and reporting, giving your team clarity on what has been submitted. Is it appropriate, complete, and defensible before you rely on it
Our DTAC work is led by experienced Clinical Safety Officers (CSOs) and regulatory specialists with extensive NHS experience. We understand how DTAC’s five domains interact with wider obligations like DCB0129, DCB0160, and UK MDR — because we work across all of them.
We treat DTAC as the foundation of a sustainable compliance position. Whether you’re submitting or reviewing, our role is to give you proportionate, evidence-based assurance and to be clear about residual risk.
Book a call to discuss your submission, your risk profile, and what you need.
