PCTs to go in massive NHS reorganisation
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced that primary care trusts are to be abolished as part of a massive reorganisation of the NHS.
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Technology for the evolving world of consumer health
Linda Davidson asks what part IT can play in tackling the big health challenges of ageing and chronic disease, ahead of a round table sponsored by iSOFT.
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Tory manifesto has records for all
David Cameron has promised that online health records will underpin a new direction for the NHS if the Conservative Party is elected in this year’s general election.
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Tunstall calls for government action
Tunstall has called on the government to follow through on its policy to make telehealth “integral rather than marginal” after announcing that it will be making up to 70 people redundant due to falling sales. James Buckley, Tunstall’s chief executive, said: “We’ve had some good government policies over the past few years, including strategies to […]
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Info underpins National Care Service
The government has identified telecare and online information services as two of the foundations of its proposed National Care Service. A much anticipated green paper on the future of adult social care says that support to help people remain independent and information to help them navigate the care support system are two of the six […]
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Hubs create technology for Digital Britain
Research Councils UK has unveiled a five year, £36m programme to develop new digital technologies. Three research hubs in Nottingham, Newcastle and Aberdeen will work on projects to open up new markets, improve the lives of elderly and socially excluded people and support rural communities. Science and innovation minister Lord Drayson said the new programme […]
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E-Health Insider’s industry round up 18.12.2008
This month’s E-Health Insider industry round covers system deployments, agreements, new products, appointments and other changes at leading healthcare IT suppliers. Data Transfer Service contract negotiations complete NHS Connecting for Health has announced that it has completed contract negotiations for the ongoing provision of the Data Transfer Service with BT. Existing contractual arrangements ended in […]
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OLM recruits councils to personalisation programme
OLM Group has announced that six local authorities have joined its personalisation partnership programme, which is designed to help councils promote the government’s personalisation agenda in adult social care. Sam Newman, personalisation programme director, said the first cohort of councils to join were: Wandsworth Council, Suffolk County Council, Devon County Council, Warwickshire County Council and […]
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Integrated children’s system failed to prove itself
The Integrated Children’s System, the electronic case record system for social care, has failed to prove itself fit for purpose according to an independent evaluation commissioned by the government but never published. Completed in May 2007, the report from the University of York states that the evaluation “raises serious reservations about the design and use […]
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Children’s database work resumes after review
Ministers are to press ahead with plans to develop the £224m children’s database, ContactPoint, despite an independent security review identifying a “significant risk” to the system due to differing security procedures from organisations who will access the data. The decision follows the publication of the executive summary of the report by accountants Deloitte and Touche, […]
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