QoF architects call for changes
The architects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) have called for a raft of changes to the scheme as the House of Commons Health Committee prepares to consider how QoF could be used to reduce health inequalities. Prof Martin Roland, director of The National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, led work on developing […]
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Government rejects consent call for SUS use
The government has rejected calls from the Commons Health Select Committee to apply consent to the use of Secondary Uses Service data for research purposes, including information in ‘sealed envelopes’. In its official response to the committee’s report on the Electronic Patient Record the government says that the design of the Secondary Uses Services (SUS) […]
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New clinical director for Summary Care Record
Ending confusion about the content and purpose of the Summary Care Record is the number one priority for the project’s newly appointed clinical director Dr Gillian Braunold. Dr Braunold, who is shortly to give up her role as co-GP clinical lead for Connecting for Health, has been appointed as clinical director for the SCR and […]
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Uncertainty over legality of NCRS
Health minister Ben Bradshaw has refused to release information on the legality of the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS) and played down suggestions the NHS database will breach European law. Bradshaw was responding to Jeremy Wright MP who had contacted the health minister on behalf of one of his constituents Dr Paul Thornton, a GP […]
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Confusion surrounds Summary Care Record
Indecision about the Summary Care Record has led to confusion about its content and purpose, according to a report from MPs. The Health Committee has heavily criticised both the Department of Health and Connecting for Health for confusion about what will be included in the SCR and what the record will be used for. In their enquiry […]
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Tunstall help Brighton extra care housing win EU award
Telecare specialists Tunstall has helped an extra care housing scheme in Brighton win a European design award, aimed at promoting independent living. Tunstall deployed their Comunicall telecare system into the £3m New Larchwood extra care housing scheme, which is run by the Hanover Housing Association, and was developed with Brighton and Hove City Council. Communicall […]
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Scottish MPs told criticism of GPASS ‘overblown’
Criticism of the Scottish GP computer system GPASS is “overblown” and the system will serve NHS Scotland well in the future, the chief executive of NHS National Services Scotland has told Scottish MPs. Stuart Bain told the Scottish Parliament’s Health Committee that there had been significant problems with GPASS which he said had been corrected […]
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PCT reorganisation unsettles IT community
The NHS IT community has echoed the House of Commons health select committee’s criticism of the government’s latest reorganisation of PCTs, expressing unease about the future roles of IT departments within the new order. The health committee slammed the government policy, Commissioning the Patient Led NHS, which will see the number of PCTs and strategic health authorities drastically […]
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