Cards could link exercise and benefits
Councils could use smartcards to link prescribed exercise packages to benefits, a think-tank report on the role of local authorities in public health has suggested.
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DH runs £5m tech competitions
The Department of Health has announced two competitions for small businesses, with £5m available for ideas to improve the lives of people living with mental illness or who are at the end of their lives.
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DH plans to become ‘digital examplar’
The Department of Health has said it wants to become a “digital exemplar in Whitehall” in a plan for doing more of its work online and through social media.
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Primary care contractor IT plans out
The NHS Commissioning Board will commission access to national IT services for primary care contractors; who will be responsible for implementation and training.
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GP IT faces anxious start to 2013
Primary care IT leaders have expressed concern about the late decisions that are being made on who will be responsible for GP IT in the future.
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2012 changes to be felt in 2013
The transition away from the National Programme for IT in the NHS is finally underway and will gather speed in 2013, according to NHS IT directors asked for their views of the year ahead.
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Questions, questions
EHealth Insider’s annual quiz is back with some taxing questions about NHS IT in 2012; and there’s a chance to win a prize.
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Child protection database plans revived
A fresh £8.6m initiative to co-ordinate NHS and social services data to improve child protection has been announced by the government.
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EHI’s most read and commented 2012
EHealth Insider readers could not get enough stories about CSC in 2012, but it was the views of the national director of patients and information, Tim Kelsey, that got readers commenting.
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Happy docs urged to beware of Facebook
Medical defence organisation MDDUS is urging doctors to stay away from snappy-happy photographers and avoid appearing in pictures from their Christmas ‘do’ or New Year party.
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