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BMA says suspend access to SCRs
The BMA GP committee has learned that some Summary Care Records have not been updated, and is calling on the government to suspend access until the problems are resolved.
Government axes Ā£15m for childrenās IT
The government has axed Ā£15m of funding promised by the previous Labour government to help local authorities implement integrated childrenās systems.
King’s makes progress on e-prescribing
Kingās College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is making solid progress with its first of a kind e-prescribing system built within its old iSoft patient administration system.
TelefĆ³nica opens global e-health unit
TelefĆ³nica has opened a new global e-health unit, which will see it create a number of products and services to help provide a patient centered, sustainable and efficient healthcare model.
DH gives go ahead to Cerner upgrades
The Department of Health has given the go ahead to a Cerner upgrade across London and the South of England that had stalled over concerns over data transfer from the UK to the US.
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Trusts win up to Ā£8.2m in ‘tech fund 1’
Fourteen trusts received more than Ā£3m in funding from the first round of NHS Englandās
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GPs call for patient opt-in to care.data
GPs have called for patients to be able to opt in to their data being
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UCL Partners to publish IT strategy
Academic health science centre UCL Partners is close to finalising a new informatics strategy aimed
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South acute group picks InterSystems
A group of three acute trusts in the South Local Clinical Systems programme have chosen
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Staff info published in data breach
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust āaccidentallyā published staff members’ personal information on its