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Election won’t stop 5YFV – Stevens

The ā€œsuccess or failureā€ of the ‘Five Year Forward View’ depends on the contribution of healthcare IT, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has said; and that will be the case whoever takes power in May.

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NHS Choices to broaden audience

The NHS Choices website must expand beyond its current audience of ā€œhealthy, wealthy mumsā€ to meet the needs of elderly and poor citizens, NHS England has said.

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Care.data on hold until election

Lingering questions dogging NHS England’s controversial care.data programme will hold up data extractions until after the May general election, Tim Kelsey has confirmed for the first time.

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Trust and council in discharge first

The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust and Islington Council have become the first organisations in the country to go live with a new project to improve information sharing between the NHS and social care.

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EPRs ‘could prompt med neg claims’

The growing use of electronic patient records could encourage a culture of ā€œelectronic ambulance chasingā€ as people hunt for evidence of medical negligence, according to new research.

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