General election 2015

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Digital Health’s review of the year, 2015

A winter crisis, an election, a spending round, projects that went well, projects that didn’t. Lyn Whitfield looks back over
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Records come round again

Political parties keep promising patients online access to their medical records. EHI News editor Rebecca McBeth assesses progress in the
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Parties clash on NHS funding and reform

The health spokesmen of the three main political parties have clashed over the future funding and structure of the NHS
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Paper cuts

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s call for a ‘paperless’ NHS was the big healthcare IT initiative of the past five years
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Tory manifesto re-runs access pledge

The Conservative Party has promised to continue the NHS transparency agenda and to give people “full access” to their electronic
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Care.data stuck in the last chance saloon

Critics of care.data say it is sitting in the “last chance saloon”. Sam Sachdeva looks at its prospects in the
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Calling up a storm

Thomas Meek looks at the troubled history of NHS 111 in the first of a short series of features looking
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Care.data on hold until election

Lingering questions dogging NHS England's controversial care.data programme will hold up data extractions until after the May general election, Tim
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15 predictions for 2015

There will be a general election, debate about the future of the NHS, discussion about the role of IT, and
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