Audit

Archive

KPMG to provide digital strategy for NHS

The Department of Health has commissioned management consultants KPMG to report on a vision for a digital strategy for the
Read More

Surgical data reduces mortality

A study has revealed that since surgeons started publishing data on outcomes for people undergoing heart operations, mortality rates have
Read More

Mid Yorks digitises 1.9m records

Mid Yorkshire NHS Hospitals Trust has begun converting more than 1.9m patient records into digital files as part of a
Read More

Quality counts

The Quality and Outcomes Research Unit at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust was the overall winner in last year’s
Read More

Money, money, money

The theme of this year’s NHS Confederation conference was money; or rather the coming lack of it. Lyn Whitfield reports.
Read More

Mind that child

Dr David Low, consultant paediatrician and national clinical lead for paediatrics and child health at NHS Connecting for Health, discusses
Read More

Audit Scotland revisits meds management

Scotland’s national audit body has urged the Scottish Government to encourage health boards to take up a national Hospital Electronic
Read More

Audit Commission criticises data quality

A report published by the Audit Commission has concluded that data quality is still “often not what it needs to
Read More

Southend secures email with Proofpoint

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is rolling out a secure email solution from Proofpoint across its 2,500 PCs. The
Read More

Data blindness

The latest scandal to hit the NHS was obscured for years in rows about data. Its legacy should be far
Read More