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ICO wants compulsory audits of NHS

28 March 2013 11:22 AM

The government is looking to make the NHS subject to compulsory data protection audits by the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Massive disparities in GP IT spend

28 March 2013 12:00 AM

Expenditure on GP IT varies enormously nationwide from between just 50p per head of population in Wiltshire to nearly £10 in Liverpool.

Ipswich to get £14m for Lorenzo

27 March 2013 3:00 PM

The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust expects to receive nearly £14m in funding from the government for taking CSC’s Lorenzo electronic patient record system.

Ten suppliers on £300m framework

27 March 2013 12:00 AM

Ten suppliers are on a new framework worth up to £300m to supply clinical information systems to 30 community and mental health trusts in London and the South.

Care.data IG reconsidered

27 March 2013 12:00 AM

A new information governance assessment of the massive care.data GP extract is being presented to an Independent Advisory Group meeting today.

Francis response includes Ofsted-ratings

26 March 2013 3:53 PM

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that an ‘Ofsted style’ system of summary ratings for hospitals and care homes will form part of the government’s response to the Francis report.

Torbay halts integrated record project

26 March 2013 12:00 AM

Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust has paused its “pioneering” shared community record project while it reassesses the future needs of the system.