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7 December 2009

Brown promises to unlock NHS data

Gordon Brown has promised to “radically open up data and public information.” Launching the ‘Putting the frontline first: smarter government’
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7 December 2009

Brown streamlines government with IT

Gordon Brown has outlined plans to encourage much greater use of information, online services and text messaging in the NHS
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23 November 2009

£130m for telecare and home help

The government has pledged to invest £130m in initiatives such as telecare and home adaptations as part of its free
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10 September 2009

Arctic blast

A think-tank recently ranked its funding forecasts for the NHS from ‘tepid’ to ‘arctic.’ Sarah Bruce asks what that will
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14 July 2009

Lord Darzi quits government

Lord Darzi is to resign as a health minister but to retain a role as a government advisor. Downing Street
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3 July 2009

DH to review hand-held devices

The Department of Health is to review the market for hand-held devices for community-based staff, with a view to issuing
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30 June 2009

Brown plans for ‘entitlements’

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has outlined plans to give public service users new "entitlements", while promising a tougher NHS performance
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12 June 2009

Berners-Lee to advise on public data use

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the man widely credited with inventing the world wide web, is to advise the UK government on
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10 March 2009

Government turns up the heat on patient power

The government has set out its vision for the future shape of public services, which includes giving patients greater choice
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15 July 2008

Data Sharing Review has messages for the NHS

Patients who consent to a course of treatment should be presumed to have given “implied consent” to having their data
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