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Tech fund money claimed retrospectively

NHS trusts can claim funding from the ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund’ for money spent on their projects since
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Crisis of confidence in care.data – RCGP

The Royal College of General Practitioners has called on NHS England to provide urgent reassurance about the safeguards surrounding its
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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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Patient safety alert system launched

NHS England has launched a National Patient Safety Alerting System to highlight patient safety risks in NHS organisations.
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Re-identifying care.data illegal

There is a “theoretical risk” that data released to researchers from the care.data programme could be used to re-identify patients,
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Tech fund money released this week

The first release of money from the £260m 'Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund' is expected this week.
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Care.data opt-out ‘not clear’ – ICO

The Information Commissioner’s Office is concerned that the information provided to patients on care.data is not clear enough about how
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Care.data helpline receives 3,500 calls

The helpline set up to provide patients with information about care.data received nearly 3,500 calls in its first three weeks.
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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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CSUs face job cuts but not privatisation

Commissioning Support Unit staff numbers are being reduced by up to 5%, but the units will not be privatised under
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