NHS boost includes £1 billion for IT
Updated: The NHS in England is to have the ‘Five Year Forward View’ fully funded – and the government is to invest £1 billion in NHS IT over the next five years, the Chancellor has announced.
News
Treasury asked for £3-5 bn NHS tech fund
The Treasury is being asked for up to £5.6 billion to support the NHS’ technology ambitions, as part of the spending review process that will conclude later this month.
Clinical Software
Demand for GP e-consultations ‘low’
Seven day working and e-consultations may be popular with politicians but they have not gone down well with patients, an evaluation of the first wave of Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund projects has shown.
Digital Patient
Data to underpin inspections – CQC
The Care Quality Commission has issued a consultation suggesting it could revert to trying to spot problems using data and user feedback, instead of running full inspections of all the services it regulates.
News
Spending review ‘must find NHS cash’
The NHS needs a cash injection now, a transformation fund to support change, and a long-term review of its funding needs, think-tanks have told the Treasury in formal submissions to this year’s critical spending review.
News
Spine2 cuts response times
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has marked the first anniversary of Spine 2 by releasing figures showing that it has dramatically improved response times for users.
Infrastructure
Mental health apps given prize fund
A £650,000 prize fund to develop new mental health apps for the NHS has been announced by life sciences minister George Freeman.
Digital Patient
HSCIC launches cyber security service
A new NHS cyber security service – CareCERT – will be up and running by January 2016, the Health and Social Care Information Centre has announced.
Cyber Security
56 Dean Street in email data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office is looking into an “incident” involving the innovative 56 Dean Street clinic in London’s Soho, which has accidentally disclosed the HIV status of 800 patients.
Cyber Security
London to roll-out eRedbook
A handful of London trusts are about to start trialling the eRedbook child health record, ahead of a capital-wide roll-out.
Digital Patient