NHS England to unleash people power
NHS England will release an NHS technology strategy for the next decade – called ‘Unleashing the Power of People’ – this December.
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Greater Manchester CSU adopts cloud
Greater Manchester Commissioning Support Unit has deployed a private cloud to solve the problem of disparate systems left by primary care trusts.
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Section 251ed
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 has had significant consequences for data flows in the NHS. Rebecca Todd reports.
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Commissioning support framework floated
CSU staff seconded to info centre
Around 180 commissioning support unit staff have been seconded into the Health and Social Care Information Centre to deliver the Data Service for Commissioners.
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Graphnet gets ITK links
Three projects have developed ITK links for data sharing in the NHS using Graphnet Health’s CareCentric system.
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Section 251 extension granted
NHS England has been granted “three-months’ breathing space” to allow patient-identifiable information to be shared with commissioners and support services.
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‘Postcode lottery’ for GP IT
GPs are at risk of a “postcode lottery” of IT support that will affect practice performance and ultimately patient care, a negotiator for the BMA’s GP Committee warns.
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All change, please
At midnight, the latest reorganisation of the NHS finally took effect. Lyn Whitfield outlines the changes and their impact on NHS IT.
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Massive disparities in GP IT spend
Expenditure on GP IT varies enormously nationwide from between just 50p per head of population in Wiltshire to nearly £10 in Liverpool.
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