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Mental health data in Leeds Care Record

21 December 2015

The medical records of patients at a mental health trust in Leeds are now available on the city’s shared electronic care record.

King’s picks Allscripts

18 December 2015

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has selected Allscripts to provide its new electronic patient record, which it plans to have in place by the end of 2016.

This week’s round-up of health tech news includes the creation of a clinical informatics council in Wales and a delay to the implementation of RiO at Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust.

Ireland races to implement health IT

17 December 2015

Ireland has created an Individual Health Identifier for all patients and implemented an e-referral system in half of all its hospitals, over the past six months

Lorenzo live at Warrington and Halton

17 December 2015

Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has implemented CSC’s Lorenzo electronic patient record.

NHS deficits “unsustainable” – NAO warns

16 December 2015

The National Audit Office has reiterated its warning that trust finances are “not sustainable” in a report that queries the ability of national bodies and the ‘Five Year Forward View’ to pull them back from the brink.

London NHS devolution deal signed

15 December 2015

Chancellor George Osborne and health secretary Jeremy Hunt have signed a health devolution deal for the NHS in London, that follows a similar agreement for Manchester.