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Hospital flood destroys paper records

27 November 2015

Thousands of paper patient records held at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary have been destroyed after flooding at the hospital.

Chief tech officer to replace Kelsey

26 November 2015

NHS England will recruit a new “chief information and technology officer” to replace Tim Kelsey.

Questions asked about £1bn NHS IT fund

26 November 2015

The government’s plan to invest £1 billion in new technology for the NHS in England over the next five years has received a cautious welcome from trade body Tech UK.

Dorset is expecting to implement a new shared care record, supplied by Orion Health, in April,

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.