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Care homes need better digital information sharing

4 July 2017 12:10 AM

A Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) survey reveals care homes need better digital information sharing following hospital discharge.

Royal Free and Google DeepMind trial did not comply with DPA

3 July 2017 1:34 PM

The ICO has found the 1.6 million patient records shared between the Royal Free and Google’s DeepMind did not comply with data protection law.

NHS forensic computing unit helps convict fraudsters

3 July 2017 11:00 AM

NHS Protect’s Forensic Computing Unit (FCU) joined forces with Lincolnshire Police to convict 10 fraudsters who conned NHS trusts out of millions of pounds.

Wirral implements oncology management system for blood cancer

3 July 2017 12:02 AM

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation has become the first in the UK to implement a Cerner-supplied oncology management system for better management of patients with blood cancer.

Movers and shakers news round-up

30 June 2017 2:08 PM

In the first of our new monthly movers and shakers round-ups there’s lots of new senior appointments across various industry organisations.

Acute trusts can now draw down GDE funds, almost

30 June 2017 12:05 AM

NHS England’s Paul Rice said that the long-awaited for acute £100 million GDE funds can now be drawn down by the 16 trusts.

London Ambulance New Year IT failure blamed on upgrade

29 June 2017 10:31 AM

The New Year’s Day failure of London Ambulance’s dispatch system, which took the system down for five hours on its busiest night of the year, has been blamed on a ‘historic upgrade’.