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Dorset plans £20m shared record scheme

25 November 2015

Dorset is planning a shared care record scheme worth up to £20 million.

NHS boost includes £1 billion for IT

24 November 2015

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.

Patient opt-outs actioned by January

24 November 2015

Around 700,000 patients who objected to having their identifiable data shared with third parties will have their wishes recognised by January next year, nearly two years after being offered the opt-out.

Single child health system uses CarePlus

24 November 2015

A single child health system for the West Midlands will operate from April next year, following the award of a region-wide contract to Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust and System C.

End of NPfIT drives change in MH systems

23 November 2015

Eighteen community and mental health trusts in London and the South have switched electronic patient record systems following the end of their national contracts, with 21 sticking with RiO but moving onto individual contracts with its supplier, Servelec.

Mobile health and apps news in brief

20 November 2015

This month’s round-up of apps and mobile developments includes new apps to support parents, a cookery app that measures brain function and GPS tracking for dementia patients

End of NPfIT in London and the South

19 November 2015

The National Programme for IT has come to an end in London and the South with the exit of the final trust to deploy Cerner Millennium from the BT data centre.