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Child protection database plans revived

27 December 2012 11:33 AM

A fresh £8.6m initiative to co-ordinate NHS and social services data to improve child protection has been announced by the government.

EHI’s most read and commented 2012

27 December 2012 12:00 AM

EHealth Insider readers could not get enough stories about CSC in 2012, but it was the views of the national director of patients and information, Tim Kelsey, that got readers commenting.

Happy docs urged to beware of Facebook

24 December 2012 12:00 AM

Medical defence organisation MDDUS is urging doctors to stay away from snappy-happy photographers and avoid appearing in pictures from their Christmas ‘do’ or New Year party.

Fiennes takes imaging to Antarctic

24 December 2012 12:00 AM

An Antarctic expedition dubbed the coldest journey on earth is taking a Carestream portable imaging system along in case of accidents.

Morale of IT staff hits new low

21 December 2012 12:00 AM

The morale of NHS IT staff working in primary care has declined greatly as job losses and job changes have taken effect, according to EHI Primary Care’s latest survey.

MIG e-discharge for 1.1m NW patients

21 December 2012 12:00 AM

Healthcare Gateway has won contracts with NHS trusts in Cumbria and Merseyside that will enable 1.1m GPs to receive hospital discharge summaries via the Medical Interoperability Gateway.