Database Archives

21 April 2009

Scotland’s national audit body has raised concerns about the scope and quality of the country’s Emergency Care Summary. In its latest report

7 April 2009

Patients who do not opt-out of the Summary Care Record prior to one being created for them will not be

27 March 2009

The introduction of the national children’s database ContactPoint has been suspended after local authority staff discovered loopholes in the system

26 March 2009

The Department of Health is to investigate whether a national database should be set up to hold information on the

23 March 2009

A quarter of all government databases, including NHS Detailed Care Records Service and NHS CRS Secondary Uses Service, are illegal

18 March 2009

A simple new score that could help to identify those at most risk of developing type 2 diabetes has been

17 March 2009

The government must look at rolling out a single national IT system for children’s services because local IT systems are

12 March 2009

The controversial website iwantgreatcare, which allows patients to rate their doctors, is expanding into other areas of NHS work, in

12 March 2009

More than 50% of GP practices have now signed their PCT-practice agreement for GP Systems of Choice. Just under 4,000

9 February 2009

A new version of the QRISK software which identifies patients most at risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been

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