Industry news in brief
This month’s industry nibs features NHS academy launching a leadership training programme for community pharmacists.
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Consultant Connect hopes to ease winter pressures on A&E departments
A platform which gives GPs the ability to immediately speak to a local specialist is hoping to help ease winter pressures on A&E departments.
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Digital GP service found to be neither safe or effective by CQC
A private online video GP consultation service has been found to be delivering unsafe care in a damning report by the Care Quality Commission.
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Hester hits back over TPP patient data security concerns
TPP founder Frank Hester has waded defiantly into the growing controversy about how his company shares patients GP records across the NHS.
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ICO moves to calm controversy over TTP patient data sharing
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) says thousands of GPs should not switch off “enhanced” information sharing, despite ongoing concerns.
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GPs struggling to access digital funding, NHS England told
GP IT group tells NHS England that CCG are refusing to cover the costs of digital projects and IT funding has dried up.
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ICO investigating GP system supplier TPP over ‘data protection compliance concerns’
Thousands of patients are being warned their GP electronic records may not be secure, amid an ongoing ICO investigation into system supplier TPP.
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt grilled on missing confidential NHS data
More than half a million pieces on NHS medical correspondents were lost for years, sparking an investigation into the potential harm to patients.
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Laura’s digital disruptors: GP video consultations
Digital Health reporter Laura Stevens takes a look at online and video consultations with GPs, and asks whether these will remain private services, or find a role within the NHS.
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Campaigners fear care.data plans still live
Parts of the controversial care.data programme could live on but with fewer options for patients to opt-out, MedConfidential has warned.
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