Dept of Health

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6 April 2011

GPs must hold records against litigation

GP practices must hold on to their audit trails and the patient records associated with them indefinitely, according to fresh
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5 April 2011

Wigan pharmacists access SCR

NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan is launching a pilot project offering community pharmacists access to the Summary Care Record.
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1 April 2011

NHS to be switched over to open source

In a stunning U-turn the government has today announced that the NHS will be switched en masse to open source
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31 March 2011

All patients to be offered SCR by 2013

The Department of Health wants every patient in England to have been offered the opportunity to have a Summary Care
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21 March 2011

Heart surgeons call for more public data

Heart surgeons have criticised other specialities for failing to collect the data on deaths and other treatment outcomes that may
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14 March 2011

QoF changed to secure GP pay deal

GPs are to get no uplift in net pay for 2011-12, but there will be a rise in Quality and
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10 March 2011

DH tests interest in ASCC South

The Department of Health has sent letters to trust chief executives in the South of England asking them to confirm
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9 March 2011

Trusts to determine future of PACS deals

The 128 trusts that received picture archiving and communication systems under the National PACS Programme have been asked whether they
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8 March 2011

Tom Moloney leaves Dr Foster

Tom Moloney has departed as chief executive of health information specialist Dr Foster Intelligence.
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8 March 2011

Smartcard sharing ‘should be offence’

The National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care has recommended that smartcard sharing should be banned and misuse
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