Scotland aims for £10m telehealth fund
The Scottish health secretary has announced ambitious plans to seed a £10m telehealth fund to benefit 300,000 households over the next three years.
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Barnsley GPs get 24 hour booking system
Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group has deployed a 24 hour appointment booking system for GP practices.
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Social media posts prompt investigation
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust has launched an internal investigation after staff made inappropriate comments on social media over a newspaper report about an attempted suicide.
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DH issues guidance on ‘safe havens’
The Department of Health has issued guidance on the creation of patient data ‘safe havens’ that will govern access to confidential data held by Health and Social Care Information Centre.
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Hunt calls for shared records and data
The NHS will not reach its full potential without sharing electronic patient records across health and social care, Jeremy Hunt has said in a speech that once again backed the widespread use of IT in health and social care.
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Nine CSU alliances created for future
Nine commissioning support unit alliances have been created, based on a mix of partnerships and merging CSUs, NHS England has announced.
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Kelsey says ‘listen with data’
NHS commissioners cannot “listen” to what patients need without tools such as care.data to help them Tim Kelsey has argued, while again ruling out an opt-in model for the controversial programme.
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NHS must earn trust on data – Manning
The NHS needs to earn back the trust of patients in the way that it handles data, the chair of the HSCIC has said in a speech that also promised action on ‘accredited safe havens’ for commissioning data shortly.
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Doncaster delays PAS go-live
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has delayed the go-live of its CaMIS patient administration system until autumn.
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‘How Safe is my Hospital’ site launched
The Department of Health has launched a website that will let the public compare hospitals in England based on a number of safety indicators.
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