Trust and council in discharge first
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust and Islington Council have become the first organisations in the country to go live with a new project to improve information sharing between the NHS and social care.
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First wave of CP-IS gathers strength
Three NHS organisations and three local authorities have now gone live in the first wave of a nationwide Child Protection Information Sharing project, the Health and Social Care Information Centre has confirmed.
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Newham provides full EPS R2 coverage
Newham has become the third clinical commissioning group in the country to make the Electronic Prescription Service Release 2 available at all of its GP practices and pharmacies.
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HSCIC starts SUS and Care ID transfer
A “lift and shift” of two key Health and Social Care Information Centre services, moving them in-house, will give the organisation greater control over their functionality, it has said.
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No date for care.data report response
The programme director for care.data says she is happy with its “very productive” pathfinder phase, despite no date being set for a response to unresolved questions raised by an independent panel.
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SCR reaches 50m patients
The NHS Summary Care Record has reached the 50 million patient mark, with more than 30,000 record views now occurring each week.
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Shed light on big data – ethics report
Greater transparency about big data projects in healthcare is crucial if they are to succeed without losing public trust, a report from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics has argued.
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Single opt-out “needed” for patient data
Health authorities should implement a single Spine-based opt-out for identifiable patient data, covering all care settings, to respect patients’ rights, a privacy watchdog says.
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Power to the people on: Charlie Hebdo and the NHS
Paul Hodgkin wonders what the recent massacre of French cartoonists has to say to the NHS, and argues that thing is that it will need to be vigilant against new demands for its data.
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HSCIC ‘chipping away’ at NME exit plans
Progress is being made in managing the transition away from local service provider contracts in the North, Midlands and East of England, the Health and Social Care Information Centre has said.
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