9 February 2017

Poor information sharing barrier to NHS integration – NAO

The report, from the National Audit Office, says reticence to share information across health and social care is one three
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8 February 2017

Twenty NHS digital fast follower trusts to get £5m each

NHS England plans to fund 20 "fast follower" trusts to become digital advanced in the next three years, using blueprints
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8 February 2017

National Data Guardian to review health data sharing on illegal immigrants

Dame Fiona Caldicott, the National Data Guardian, will be meeting health and Home Office officials to discuss controversial data scheme
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Paul Charnley, CIO, Wirral
6 February 2017

The CIO Interview: Paul Charnley, Wirral University Teaching Hospital

Senior NHS CIO leader Paul Charnley has recently been appointed IT and information director at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS
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London Ambulance Service investigation NY IT Outage
6 February 2017

London Ambulance NY outage linked to high demand

As an investigation into five-hour outage, during which a patient died, continues the service says its computer aided dispatch system
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2 February 2017

Data ‘fundamentally broken’ at St George’s

The south west London trust is concerned about patient safety as it outlines issues with unreliable data, fragile IT infrastructure
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31 January 2017

Redcentric wins £12 million HSCN contract

The new NHS network is taking shape, with Redcentric awarded a contract to run the peer exchange at the centre
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A doctor collecting information on a patient using various mobile devices
30 January 2017

Move to implement patient ‘data lake’ scheme

After meeting with NHS data experts and tech companies, NHS England chief information officer Will Smart wants to push on
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27 January 2017

Exclusive: 500m emails flood NHS during #replyallgate

More NHSmail emails were sent in 75 minutes than in a normal three months after a “software configuration error” nearly
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26 January 2017

£500m Health IT infrastructure framework awarded

Thirteen suppliers have been picked as part of a £500 million health IT framework covering more than 80 NHS organisations.
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