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St George’s virtualises desktops

3 October 2014 12:00 AM

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has virtualised 2500 desktops as part of a move to introduce more mobile access across the trust.

GPs practices can opt out of care.data

3 October 2014 12:00 AM

GP practices could take an “opt-out by default” stance to the care.data programme without breaching the Data Protection Act, the Information Commissioner’s Office has said.

Confed wants e-mental health strategy

2 October 2014 12:00 AM

The Department of Health and NHS England should create a national strategy for e-mental health and invest in a national programme to support this, says a report by NHS Confederation.

Walsall misses BAU target with Lorenzo

2 October 2014 12:00 AM

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust continues to work on stabilising its Lorenzo electronic patient record system after going live in March this year.

Hunt extends Challenge Fund by £100m

1 October 2014 12:00 AM

The government will extend its £50m primary care Challenge Fund by a further £100m, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.

Keogh calls for TECS support

1 October 2014 12:00 AM

Sir Bruce Keogh has called on 250 stakeholders to support the uptake of telehealth and telecare as part of the Technology Enabled Care Services programme.

Brighton rocked by IT systems crash

30 September 2014 3:03 PM

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust declared a major incident last week after it lost access to clinical IT systems and was forced to re-route ambulances to other hospitals.