EHI’s top stories: 2009
Nobody will ever be able to say that the NHS went un-warned about the tough financial times ahead. One of the big themes of 2009 was the likely impact of the credit crunch on the public finances and what that might mean for health service spending after 2011. As 2009 went on, the warnings about […]
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Lansley: LSP contracts may be abandoned
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has said he believes it will be possible to abandon the existing local service provider contracts that are part of The National Programme for IT in the NHS.
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111 becomes number for NHS services
UK Telecoms watchdog OFCOM has given the go-ahead for 111 to become the new three digit number for accessing non-emergency healthcare 24-hours a day.
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Call made for push on telehealth
NHS Connecting for Health’s assistive technologies programme manager has called for all healthcare organisations to provide their patients with access to assistive living technologies, or to be forced to do so. George MacGinnis made the plea as he addressed an audience at a Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit in London. MacGinnins later told E-Health Insider that he […]
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DH publishes model for community IT
The Department of Health is urging community services to evaluate their information systems and set priorities for the future using its newly-published community information model. The model forms part of a report, Transforming Community Services: Improving Information for Stakeholders, produced by a working group of strategic health authorities and primary care trusts set up following […]
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DH issues guide to ‘correct’ use of C+B
Hospitals, primary care trusts and GP practices are being urged to reconsider workarounds for Choose and Book in favour of following national guidelines on implementation. The Department of Health has issued new guidance on “the correct use” of the electronic booking system, covering such as how it should be used by individual clinicians, referral management services, availability […]
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Burnham defends NPfIT but cuts £600m
Health secretary Andy Burnham has launched a spirited defence of the National Programme for IT in the NHS, but £600m will be trimmed from the way it is run and the scope of some systems.
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Brighton and Sussex extends Oasis deal
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a three year contract with Oasis Medical Solutions for an upgraded trust-wide patient administration system. The trust finalised the agreement earlier this week after commencing an ASCC (Additional Supply Capability and Capacity) procurement in the spring. The trust initially signed a three year agreement with Siemens […]
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East of England joins SCR roll-out
NHS East of England has started the roll-out of the Summary Care Record and says it will be available in all its primary care trusts by the end of 2010. The strategic health authority plans to follow the lead set by one of its PCTs, NHS South West Essex, which has already created SCRs for a […]
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Barcoded wristbands compulsory by 2011
The Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care has called for patients to wear barcoded wristbands and for trusts that do not comply by July 2011 to be penalised. An advanced notification of a new information standard has been sent out by the ISB that would define the procedures necessary to add barcodes to patient wristbands […]
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