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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Fiennes takes imaging to Antarctic
An Antarctic expedition dubbed the coldest journey on earth is taking a Carestream portable imaging system along in case of accidents.
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Morale of IT staff hits new low
The morale of NHS IT staff working in primary care has declined greatly as job losses and job changes have taken effect, according to EHI Primary Care’s latest survey.
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MIG e-discharge for 1.1m NW patients
Healthcare Gateway has won contracts with NHS trusts in Cumbria and Merseyside that will enable 1.1m GPs to receive hospital discharge summaries via the Medical Interoperability Gateway.
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Maxwell becomes govt CTO
Liam Maxwell, who was deputy government chief information officer, has been named the first ever government chief technology officer.
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Nick Chapman to leave NHS Direct
Nick Chapman, the chief executive of NHS Direct, will step down from his job next July, when the decommissioning of its 0845 service will be complete.
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COCIR welcomes latest EU e-health plan
A new European e-health action plan, launched by the European Commission this month, aims to boost understanding and uptake of digital solutions such as smartphone medical apps within Europe’s healthcare systems.
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Digital Wales starts with Digital Powys
The Welsh health minister launched the first live project of Digital Wales this week at Brecon Hospital in Powys.
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