Hospital transparency league table published
11 March 2016
NHS improvement has published a league table of NHS trusts according to their openness and transparency.
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Healthcare IT appointments in brief
11 March 2016
This month’s round-up covers new chief information officer appointments Lewisham and Greenwich, Sandwell and West Birmingham and Morecambe Bay NHS trusts.
ÂŁ55m to increase e-Referral uptake
10 March 2016
NHS England has set aside ÂŁ55 million to reward GPs and hospitals to increase the uptake of electronic referrals to 100% by 2018.
Sheffield links ÂŁ12m shortfall to Lorenzo implementation
10 March 2016
Challenges with booking and reporting patient activity following the implementation of Lorenzo at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals are contributing to major activity under-performance, which has cost the trust ÂŁ12 million to date.
Wellcome Trust issues new data sharing report
9 March 2016
The Wellcome Trust has returned to the debate about the use of health data with a report arguing that researchers and companies must show ‘public benefit’ for sharing to be acceptable.
Berkshire to share patient records with Graphnet
9 March 2016
Seventeen health and social care organisations across Berkshire will share the care records of 855,000 patients using CareCentric software from Graphnet.
Ipswich battles winter pressures with BI tool
9 March 2016
A winter pressures business intelligence tool developed at Ipswich Hospital with Medeanalytics is providing an early warning system for capacity shortfalls and enabling the trust to develop alternative provision.
Patients at risk as NHS and online prescriptions not joined up
30 June 2026
HSSIB has warned that gaps in information sharing between the NHS and independent prescribing services
Final speakers announced for Summer Schools 2026
29 June 2026
The final round of speakers for Summer Schools 2026 has been announced, with experienced NHS
AI underused where it could deliver productivity gains, says RCR
29 June 2026
The NHS is failing to capitalise on productivity benefits by underusing AI for admin tasks,
Frimley Health achieves HIMSS EMRAM Stage 6
26 June 2026
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has become one of only seven NHS organisations in the
NHS hospitals declare critical incidents as heat causes IT failures
26 June 2026
NHS hospitals have declared critical incidents and reported failures affecting cooling systems, diagnostic equipment and
