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Joe’s view: Lorenzo revisited

Joe McDonald had a terrible time with Lorenzo but now, he says, the electronic patient record is coming good, thanks
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Wales to develop new health IT strategy

The Welsh government will form a new health informatics board as part of moves to “refresh” its e-health policies, the
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Central Eastern CSU to shut its doors

The Central Eastern Commissioning Support Unit has decided to close down in October 2014, despite being financially viable for the
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End of NN4B delayed until December

The decommissioning of the NHS Number for Babies service has been delayed until December 2014, NHS England has said.
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E-referrals to go live in November

The NHS e-referrals service will go live in November this year after having undergone several rounds of testing, the Health
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Central Manchester extends GP access

Patients in central Manchester are given extended access to GP practices as part of a data-sharing project.
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GPs to offer hotline for patient care

The Department of Health and NHS England will launch a ‘Proactive Care Programme’ in September 2014 in order to develop
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500 GP practices to pilot care.data

Between 100 and 500 GP practices will trial care.data in a phased roll out beginning this autumn, NHS England has
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DH rolls back GP records access promise

The government’s pledge to give patients online access to their GP records by March 2015 has been scaled back again,
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Appropriate regulation

The regulation of healthcare apps emerged as a hot topic at the end of last year; and will be the
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