Open data

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27 March 2013

Care.data IG reconsidered

A new information governance assessment of the massive care.data GP extract is being presented to an Independent Advisory Group meeting
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5 March 2013

Open APIs key to future NHS

Interoperability and the opening up of application programme interfaces will be key factors in the NHS Commissioning Board’s vision for
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21 December 2012

Maxwell becomes govt CTO

Liam Maxwell, who was deputy government chief information officer, has been named the first ever government chief technology officer.
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26 September 2012

New data linkage service live

The NHS Information Centre has switched on its new trusted data linkage service.
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14 August 2012

HSCIC releases historic prescribing data

The Health and Social Care Information Centre has released the first set of retrospective GP practice-level prescribing data.
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2 August 2012

NHS Constitution to opt data into trials

Prime Minister David Cameron has said the government wants to change the NHS Constitution so patients will have to opt-out
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29 June 2012

Cabinet Office seals Open Data plans

The Cabinet Office has released an open data white paper and relaunched its flagship data portal - which includes new
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27 March 2012

Chair sought for Open Data board

The government is recruiting an independent chair for a new Data Strategy Board to advise ministers on what information should
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8 February 2012

Viability of Open Data plans questioned

Responses to the Cabinet Office’s Open Data plans have questioned whether government IT systems and staff can deliver an enhanced
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26 January 2012

Clinical audit data to be published

A strategy for the publication of national clinical audit data has been released today as part of the government's transparency
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