PAC gives NPfIT six months to deliver CRS
The National Programme for IT in the NHS should be given six months to get effective care record systems into acute trusts, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has concluded.
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Detailed Care Records for 3.5m patients
More than 3.5m patients in Yorkshire and the Humber now have a Detailed Care Record for primary and community care, in one of the lesser-known success stories of the National Programme for IT in the NHS.
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Airwave on tube but few ambulances
The Airwave radio network has been rolled out on the London Underground and has been presented as a step forward for the troubled digital communications project.
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NHS Direct drops foundation plans
NHS Direct has announced that it will not apply for foundation trust status “in the foreseeable future.” Its chief executive, Matt Tee, told E-Health Insider that it would instead pursue some of the freedoms offered to foundation trusts “without going through the Monitor process.” A strategic health authority lead commissioning arrangement will also be put […]
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South Birmingham podiatrists first to get Lorenzo
Podiatrists at South Birmingham Primary Care Trust have become the first in the country to receive a version of iSoft’s Lorenzo software under the NHS National Programme for IT. The podiatrists began to use the service after the system went live a week ago. In a statement to EHI NHS Connecting for Health said. "We […]
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NAO says care records service delayed until 2015
Suspended doctor wins apology over share record
A junior doctor suspended by her employers for five years after objecting to her private medical records being given to researchers, has won a High Court battle forcing her employers to apologise to her in an open court session. The case highlights problems in the lack of patient consent in determining whether their records can […]
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Unstable radio controls halt Airwave deployments
The Airwave radio system in use The Department of Health has had to cease deployments of Airwave radio systems to ambulance trusts across England due to instability issues with the new touch screen controls. Martin Flaherty, director of operations at London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, revealed the issue when responding to a request from the […]
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