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29 September 2008

Nicholson reinforces encryption message

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has asked NHS chief executives to check that their organisations are encrypting all removable data.
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26 September 2008

DH looks at single urgent care number

The Department of Health has said that it will publish proposals for a single, national telephone number for urgent care
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26 September 2008

Data exchange needed for urgent care

Urgent and emergency care providers in England must share more data electronically if they are to improve services, the Healthcare
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22 September 2008

New government funding for telecare

The government’s Technology Strategy Board has announced £11m funding for telehealth and telecare projects, to take the technology to the
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19 September 2008

Independent CIOs round table report

Download the full report for free Independent sector providers need to position themselves to actively anticipate and influence future NHS
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9 September 2008

DH backs away from 084 telephone ban

The Department of Health has no immediate plans to ban use of 084 numbers in the NHS, health minister Ben
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9 September 2008

NHS Lothian implements USB stick lock-down

NHS Lothian is taking further action to prevent staff losing data on USB sticks, after a community health worker lost
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4 September 2008

Call for ‘rolling’ register to replace census

Data from GP patient registers could be one of a range of databases used to provide a ‘rolling’ register of
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1 September 2008

e-health portal launched for Lithuania

A new Lithuanian ehealth information website has been launched to keep health professionals and members of the public informed about
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1 September 2008

ContactPoint delayed for further testing

The introduction of the national children’s database ContactPoint has been delayed until January 2009. The pilot of the delayed programme
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