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Survey shows readers wary on care.data

Around two thirds of respondents to EHI’s survey on care.data plan to opt themselves out of the data-sharing initiative.
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Davies departure leaves ‘clinical hole’

Clinicians are concerned that the departure of the director of clinical and public assurance from the Health and Social Care
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HSCIC appoints chief exec

The Health and Social Care Information Centre has appointed Andy Williams as its new chief executive.
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Care.data: a row waiting to happen

EHI news editor Rebecca Todd takes a look back at the creation of the care.data programme and the concerns many
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Care.data safeguards detailed

Patient identifiable information extracted as part of care.data will not be available via Section 251 requests while NHS England establishes
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Power to the people

Paul Hodgkin, the founder and chair of Patient Opinion, looks at the tension between big data and big voice; and
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US-UK sign healthcare IT MoU

NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information Centre will sign a healthcare IT memorandum of understanding with the
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HSCIC discusses Care Bill info challenge

The Care Bill will bring several informatics challenges, including higher data standards and increased use of the NHS Number, according
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HSCIC takes NHS Direct services

The Health and Social Care Information Centre will take over some NHS Direct services, such as online symptom checkers, from
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Practices ‘locked out’ of CQRS

GP practices have been unable to enter ‘enhanced service’ information into the tool for calculating their payments after being left
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