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BMA calls to halt NHS 111

28 March 2013 12:16 PM

GP leaders have called on the government to delay the launch of NHS 111, claiming patient safety is being sacrificed for a political deadline.

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.