ID Cards

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21 May 2015

‘Health tourist’ info added to the Spine

Data about the surcharge status of immigrants using the NHS has been uploaded to the NHS data Spine, the Health
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22 April 2015

Joe’s view: of identity

Joe McDonald is forever coming across new ways to prove his identity and thinks it is about time that the
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9 March 2015

Scottish data share plan survives vote

Scottish government plans to share data from a central NHS database with other public bodies have narrowly survived a Holyrood
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13 May 2010

ContactPoint to be scrapped

The controversial children’s database ContactPoint is to be scrapped by the new government, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have revealed.
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1 May 2009

Conferenced in

The future of the national programme was the key topic at HC2009. Sarah Bruce reports.
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27 April 2009

Politicians question major IT projects

Opposition politicians are lining up to promise to scrap major IT projects as the full scale of the coming public
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25 November 2008

Pre-budget report targets NHS efficiency savings

Billions of pounds of extra efficiency savings are to be required from public sector organisations, including the NHS, the Chancellor of the
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4 June 2007

OGC accused of shredding Gateway review reports

The Office of Government Commerce has reportedly ordered civil servants to destroy copies of Gateway review reports into government computer
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27 April 2005

Crunch time

How will the general election affect NHS IT? E-Health Insider takes a comprehensive look at what each party has to
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22 December 2004

ID cards may become healthcare ‘entitlement’ cards

The National Programme for IT has begun initial conversations with the Home Office to examine how the IT infrastructure being
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