Limited public access to cardiac surgery data agreed
The Central Cardiac Audit Database is to have a public portal allowing access to selected cardiac surgery mortality data. The Healthcare Commission, Department of Health and Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons have reached an ‘agreement in principle’ to allow the public limited access to what has up to now been a closed system. The move comes […]
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Six in ten NHS organisations ‘ready’ for FOI
Preparation for the introduction of the Freedom of Information Act is mixed among NHS communications officers, with 58% saying that their organisation is ready for the act, according to a recent survey. Around 35% of those surveyed said that they felt senior management had not paid sufficient attention to the act, and 39% believed that […]
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