Enter the CCG
In the first of a series of columns for eHealth Insider, Dr John Lockley considers how new bodies like clinical commissioning groups can communicate effectively with their members; and how easy it is to get it wrong.
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Reforms will weaken IT services – survey
Opinion is divided on the impact of the latest NHS reorganisation on local IT and information services, but many respondents to EHI Primary Care’s latest survey are pessimistic about investment and development.
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Hard Times
EHI Primary Care’s latest, exclusive survey of staff working in primary care IT shows that the reforms have been hard; and may yet take a greater toll. Fiona Barr reports.
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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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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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Look back, move forward
EHealth Insider asked NHS IT directors, GPs, opinion formers and a patient to look at the state of NHS IT at the end of 2012, and at what 2013 is likely to hold.
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CCGs to commission GP IT this month
Clinical commissioning groups are expected to commission GP IT services from commissioning support units or other providers by the end of this month.
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EHI plans Information for Commissioning
EHealth Insider is to run a new event, Information for Commissioning, in London in May next year.
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Govt determined on GP contract change
Health minister Earl Howe has hinted that the government could push ahead with changes to the GP contract even if it cannot get union agreement.
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