West Midlands deploys shared system for 1.4m child patients
One of NHS England’s first procurements for a single region-wide child service has migrated records for 1.4 million children onto the same software.
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Child protection system misses target
A new March 2018 deadline for the roll-out of the Child Protection Information Sharing system has been set, after most local authorities missed the December 2015 target.
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Another trust outlines CP-IS plans
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is preparing to be part of the first wave of trusts in the nationwide Child Protection Information Sharing project, using InterSystems HealthShare to view alerts through its electronic patient record.
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Cumbria launches child risk e-referrals
NHS trusts in Cumbria can now make electronic referrals to social care services if they believe a child is at risk, using the Strata ‘air traffic control’ system.
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First wave of CP-IS gathers strength
Three NHS organisations and three local authorities have now gone live in the first wave of a nationwide Child Protection Information Sharing project, the Health and Social Care Information Centre has confirmed.
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Homing in on child protection
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was one of the first to go live with a new Child Protection Information Sharing System. Sam Sachdeva reports.
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Two trusts live with CP-IS
Lancashire Teaching and Homerton University Hospital NHS foundation trusts have become the first to go live with a nationwide Child Protection Information Sharing project.
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Homerton first for child info system
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is set to go live by the end of the month as a first-of-type site for a nationwide Child Protection Information Sharing project.
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Child protection database going live
The first wave of the Child Protection Information Sharing project is due to go live next month.
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Child info system to pilot by April
A system for sharing information about child protection plans is expected to be running in 11 pilot sites by April 2014.
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