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Norfolk trials e-prescribing

18 July 2013 12:00 AM

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is piloting e-prescribing on one of its wards before rolling it out across the trust.

Senior task force working on IG

17 July 2013 4:03 PM

A high-level task force at NHS England is working on solutions to information governance issues that are stopping commissioners from accessing patient confidential data.

Barnsley does digital dictation

17 July 2013 12:00 AM

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has reduced patient correspondence time by 55 days using digital dictation software.

Manchester reduces patient delays

17 July 2013 12:00 AM

Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust has reduced outpatient clinic delays by implementing a patient flow management system.

Keogh announces new mortality measure

16 July 2013 3:42 PM

The UK will become the first country in the world to create a national measure of avoidable deaths, NHS England’s medical director says.

Keogh issues death rates warning

16 July 2013 1:47 PM

NHS England’s medical director has warned against using two statistical indicators to claim that 14 trusts killed thousands of patients; although none are providing consistently good care.