ContactPoint goes live
The government has launched its national children’s database, ContactPoint, which will provide demographic data on every child in the country plus the name and address of any professional working with them. The controversial database has been criticised by civil liberties groups and some children’s campaigners, but backed by other children’s organisations and both the Royal […]
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CfH proposes training accreditation scheme
NHS Connecting for Health is asking NHS IT training departments to complete an online questionnaire to support the business case for an NHS accreditation scheme for IT training departments. CfH says it has been asked by strategic health authorities and other local NHS organisations to provide a voluntary, nationally funded accreditation scheme. The IT agency […]
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Reducing admissions with telehealth
Helen Rollings, community matron at Swindon PCT, explains the trust’s decision to mainstream its telehealth service.
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IT templates for long term care plans
GPs and primary care staff will be expected to offer personalised care plans to almost 15m people living with a long term condition by 2010, according to latest guidance. An IT template, currently being piloted in Yorkshire for patients with diabetes, will be made available across England by the National Programme for IT in the […]
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Fast followers to lead SCR roll out
Seventeen primary care trusts are due to begin implementing the Summary Care Record before 1 April as part of a ‘fast follower’ group that will lead the national roll-out of the SCR.
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OLPC has potential for health
Computers provided to children in developing countries as part of the One Laptop One Child initiative could also be used to deliver health education and healthcare, according to a new report. Researchers from the National Library of Medicine in the US looked at how the laptops could be used in medical settings and concluded that […]
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Dr Gray’s plans to be e-health centre
Dr Gray’s Hospital in the north of Scotland is aiming to set itself up as an e-health centre with a range of initiatives for remote communities. The hospital in Elgin, Moray, has set up a range of websites containing information for patients. It runs the highly successful website Menopause Matters which receives more than 1.7m […]
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PRIMIS+ moves to NHS Information Centre
Responsibility for the data quality organisation PRIMIS+ is to move from NHS Connecting for Health to the NHS Information Centre from the beginning of next year. PRIMIS+ has a four year contract with CfH to provide data quality and information management training and support to NHS staff, but the contract will be transferred to the […]
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Five priorities for primary care IT
Grassroots GP Dr Neil Paul outlines the five priorities for NHS IT that have been identified in his area.
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Message board for patients with diabetes
A volunteer with the charity Diabetes UK has launched a message board for patients with the long term condition. The message board, Diabetes Support: talking blood sugars, has received financial support from Diabetes UK. It enables people with diabetes to exchange knowledge and experiences with other people with the condition, their family and carers. It […]
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