Care.data helpline receives 3,500 calls
The helpline set up to provide patients with information about care.data received nearly 3,500 calls in its first three weeks.
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Care.data: a row waiting to happen
EHI news editor Rebecca Todd takes a look back at the creation of the care.data programme and the concerns many have about its implications for patient privacy.
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£1m national leaflet drop on care.data
The government will spend £1m sending a patient information leaflet about the controversial care.data programme to every household in England.
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Care.data extractions on hold
Extractions of GP data for care.data have been halted while issues around patient awareness of the scheme are resolved.
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Another view
GP Neil Paul is just getting to grips with NHS England’s plans for care.data – and he’s worried about them.
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Dates with destiny
The NHS has been set so many IT and information targets over the past couple of years that EHI is about to launch a ‘target watch’ to keep track of them. Lyn Whitfield looks at some of the key goals for the acute sector.
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Health data access for just £1
NHS England wants to reduce the cost for researchers to access expanded healthcare datasets from around £30,000 to £1.
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EPRs essential for HES expansion plans
Hospitals will need electronic patient record systems to meet NHS England’s “ambitious” plans for extracting a significantly expanded hospital dataset from April 2014.
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NHS CB finds info bosses outside NHS
Further appointments to the NHS Commissioning Board’s patients and information directorate have been made, drawing heavily on the private sector.
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