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NHS “on board” with PSN programme

28 February 2012 12:00 AM

The NHS is “fully on board” with the Public Services Network programme, despite having serious concerns about it just one year ago.

DH ‘must publish’ WSD results

27 February 2012 12:00 AM

The Department of Health needs to publish the full results of the whole system demonstrator projects to avoid expensive mistakes in the roll-out of its 3millionlives campaign, a senior fellow at the King’s Fund has warned.

So’ton and iSOFT trial trials software

27 February 2012 12:00 AM

ISOFT, a CSC company, and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust are to jointly explore the use of new software to extract and anonymise clinical information for research and clinical trials.

Croydon takes Millennium into community

27 February 2012 12:00 AM

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust will be the first community provider in the UK to go-live with Cerner Millennium later this year.

New Caldicott committee announced

24 February 2012 11:40 AM

Dame Fiona Caldicott has agreed to lead a review of the balance between patient confidentiality and information sharing.

BigHand wins contract in the North East

24 February 2012 12:00 AM

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to implement digital dictation in its orthopaedic department in April.

Wales makes good progress with IHR

24 February 2012 12:00 AM

More than 300 GP practices have switched on access to the Individual Health Record in Wales, making about 2m summary patient records available to emergency care providers.