New IT local delivery plans due by September
Implementation of new NHS IT systems is to become a non-negotiable part of the local delivery plans (LDPs) of every trust and strategic health authority. Each local health community in England is required to submit a new integrated delivery plan by September. The new arrangements mean that NHS organisations will now have to give very […]
News
PCT mergers look set to disrupt IT plans
IT departments of NHS organisations are beginning to feel the impact of plans to shake-up the structure of the health service which will see PCTs merge and no longer be service provider organisations. Some heads of department say lastweek’s announcement of the plans has already cast doubt on some implementation plans while others report fears […]
News
New QMAS software will focus on excluded patients
Changes to the payments software for the Quality and Outcomes Framework mean practices and primary care trusts will be able to check exception reporting details on the system from this autumn. Connecting for Health has announced changes to the functionality of the Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS) including the addition of exception reporting information. […]
News
The ‘magic glue’
EHI speaks to Beverly Malone, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, about the importance of raising awareness of IT change in the nursing profession.
Feature
GP2GP record transfers struggling on attachments
GP2GP record transfer is under threat because the NHS spine may be unable to cope with the size and number of attachments to GP records, according to GP representatives. It appears that the spine is unable to handle the large number of attachments – often vital documents like scanned hospital referral letters – which many […]
News
Winning over clinicians key to success says Economist
Winning over busy, sceptical clinicians to the benefits of NHS IT modernisation has been highlighted as a key challenge by the influential journal, the Economist. A two page analysis of Connecting for Health’s programme concludes that the agency is making a better fist of the ‘dauntingly vast’ National Programme for IT than pessimists expected, but […]
News
Bringing CfH into the mainstream
Richard Jeavons, director of IT service implementation at the DH, tells E-Health Insider about his role in pushing IT reform up the local agenda.
Feature
Emerging technologies in CfH sights
Can RFID technology help prevent drug errors? Can patients’ bedside phone and entertainment terminals be used to give them better information? Can patients be better cared for in their homes? These are some of the questions Connecting for Health (CfH) clinical architect, Dr Mike Bainbridge, will be looking at over the next two years […]
News
Conference call
Were GPs right to vote against electronically sharing patient information at this month’s BMA local medical committees’ conference?
Feature
GPs vote against NHS Connecting for Health
Despite improved relationships with the leadership of the BMA, last week’s Local Medical Committees’ (LMC) conference revealed just how far Connecting for Health still has to go to win the confidence and support of grass-roots GPs. NHS Connecting for Health’s (CfH) GP clinical leads last week failed to win over delegates at the BMA’s main family […]
News