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Care.data concerns as new platform proposed
A proposal for a new platform for the national collection of confidential patient information is under consideration, as concerns continue that elements of the care.data scheme will be resurrected.
N Irish nursing home fined £15k over data breach
A Northern Irish nursing home has been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office for failing to protect the sensitive data of its employees and residents.
Recovery plan for Child Protection Information Sharing
The Child Protection Information Sharing scheme is in recovery mode as local authorities struggle to deploy the system designed to protect vulnerable children.
Torbay and South Devon deploying HealthShare
A single, integrated clinical portal linking primary, acute, community and social care will be rolled out across Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.
London hospitals in UK-first health data exchange
Two London trusts have become the first in UK to establish data sharing between their Cerner health information exchanges, covering a population of 1.3 million people.
Individual Patient Identifier live in Ireland
Every patient in Ireland has been assigned unique identifying number, in an effort to improve patient safety and data quality.
Dartford and Gravesham goes live with Better Meds ePMA
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has gone live with the Better Meds electronic prescribing and
More than half of acute trusts signed up to the NHS FDP
More than half of acute trusts have signed up to the NHS federated data platform,
GP blood testing restored three months after Synnovis cyber attack
GP blood testing services across south east London have been restored following the cyber attack
Leeds Teaching Hospitals trials AI prostate cancer diagnosis tool
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) is piloting an AI tool to assess whether it
Ada Health and Santéclair announce partnership extension
AI platform Ada Health has announced a three-year extension to its partnership with French health