Shaken NHS faces uncertain future
The latest round of NHS reforms, which took effect at midnight, have been greeted with unease and concern about what they could mean for the future of the health service.
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Five trusts to get £1m Lorenzo incentive
Five NHS trusts appear to have met the March deadline to commit to taking CSC’s Lorenzo electronic patient record system and qualify for the £1m incentive payment.
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BMA calls to halt NHS 111
GP leaders have called on the government to delay the launch of NHS 111, claiming patient safety is being sacrificed for a political deadline.
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ICO wants compulsory audits of NHS
The government is looking to make the NHS subject to compulsory data protection audits by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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Massive disparities in GP IT spend
Expenditure on GP IT varies enormously nationwide from between just 50p per head of population in Wiltshire to nearly £10 in Liverpool.
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Ipswich to get £14m for Lorenzo
The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust expects to receive nearly £14m in funding from the government for taking CSC’s Lorenzo electronic patient record system.
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Ten suppliers on £300m framework
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.
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Care.data IG reconsidered
A new information governance assessment of the massive care.data GP extract is being presented to an Independent Advisory Group meeting today.
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Francis response includes Ofsted-ratings
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.
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Torbay halts integrated record project
Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust has paused its “pioneering” shared community record project while it reassesses the future needs of the system.
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