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EHI comment policy and TPP

28 March 2012 12:00 AM

EHI editor Jon Hoeksma explains why comments have not been allowed on TPP stories for the past five months, and how this policy is changing.

Chair sought for Open Data board

27 March 2012 3:34 PM

The government is recruiting an independent chair for a new Data Strategy Board to advise ministers on what information should be released as part of its ‘Open Data’ agenda.

IT identified as key risk in NHS reforms

27 March 2012 10:46 AM

Dealing with the aftermath of the National Programme for IT in the NHS has been identified as one of the risks to the government’s latest reforms of the NHS, in a leaked draft of the risk register for the changes.

Choose and Book use on downward slope

27 March 2012 12:00 AM

Usage of Choose and Book has fallen from a high of 57% to 50%, with some areas almost halving their use of the Department of Health’s e-booking system.

NHS Scotland has Vision for prisons

27 March 2012 12:00 AM

NHS Scotland has chosen INPS’ Vision system for 16 prisons in a contract worth more than £300,000 over five years.

Bristol working on mid-April go-live

27 March 2012 12:00 AM

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust has set 21 April as its go-live date for its Medway patient administration and electronic patient record systems.

Just 110 practices live with EPS2

26 March 2012 9:30 AM

The roll-out of the electronic prescription service Release 2 to GP practices continues to lag with just 110 practices live with the system, 20 months after the first deployment.