CCIO on NHS CB “jolly good idea”
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said a chief clinical information officer on the new NHS Commissioning Board would be a “jolly good idea.”
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Lansley launches CCIO Leaders Network
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has launched the EHI CCIO Leaders Network, saying the technology gap between the NHS and other sectors must be closed by leaders with patients in mind.
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GPC warns on ‘privatised’ commissioning
The BMA GPC has become the latest body to come out against the Health and Social Care Bill, and voiced concern about the back-door privatisation of commissioning.
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Full of health and appyness
The Department of Health has been showing off the ‘winners’ of its maps and apps contest. EHI reporter Chris Thorne went to have a look.
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More doubts about NHS 111 deadline
Lessons learned from the NHS 111 pilots may be lost because of unrealistic deadlines for the roll-out of the urgent care service, NHS Direct has said.
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Health Bill faces storm in Lords
The Health and Social Care Bill returns to the Lords today, amid increasingly strident opposition to key elements of the government’s plans to reform the NHS.
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EHI calls for CCIOs in info strategy
EHealth insider has sent an open letter to health secretary Andrew Lansley, urging him to include a prominent role for chief clinical information officers in the forthcoming NHS information strategy.
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Lansley Bill comes under further fire
Health secretary Andrew Lansley is being put under further pressure to agree to amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill designed to enact his ‘Liberating the NHS’ reforms.
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Lansley sees PROMS tracker at RNOH
Spinal patients of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital are trialling a web-based application that lets patients record the results of back operations.
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PAC raises concern about ‘risky’ reforms
The Commons’ public accounts committee has joined the long line of influential bodies warning that the “risky” reorganisation of the NHS could “distract” from its imperative to save £20 billion.
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