HSCIC in talks with private sector partner
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), the Department of Health agency with prime responsibility for co-ordinating NHS and social care statistics, has confirmed that it is in discussion with a potential partner from the private sector. A report in the Guardian said that the centre was negotiating to hand over work to Dr […]
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A quarter of all diabetics undiagnosed
A quarter of all people who have diabetes remain undiagnosed, leaving them at serious risk of developing serious complications. The findings come from the largest ever UK clinical audit of diabetes care, carried out by the Health and Social Care Information Centre on behalf of the Healthcare Commission. In one of the largest audits of […]
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QoF results publication reveals quality of care
Practice by practice results for the Quality and Outcome Framework for England are being published today although technical problems have delayed the display of information. The results show that the average score for practices in England last year was 958.7 out of a possible 1050. The maximum score of 1,050 points was achieved by 222 practices […]
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National data quality review called for
The NHS needs a national overview of data quality and coding integrity as the Payment by Results regime gathers pace, the NHS Confederation is set to argue. A discussion paper to be sent out to members of the confederation – which represents 92 per cent of NHS organisations in the UK – argues that the […]
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Knowledge base for non-NHS audience launched
The NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has launched a public version of its Clinical and Health Outcomes Knowledge Base site, previously only available internally over an NHS connection. The site, run by the National Centre for Health Outcomes Development (NCHOD), a joint venture between Oxford University and the London School of […]
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Crunch time
How will the general election affect NHS IT? E-Health Insider takes a comprehensive look at what each party has to say about the major e-health issues.
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New Information Centre launched
The start of the new NHS financial year sees another round of musical chairs with the abolition of the old NHS Information Authority (IA) and creation of the new Health and Social Care Information Centre as a new authority, and the National Programme for IT morph into an executive agency called ‘Connecting for Health’. The […]
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Lifting the burden
E-Health Insider talks to Bob Allen, interim chair of the Information Centre for Health and Social Care, about how the agency will relieve trusts of extra administration.
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Health and Social Care chief talks about year ahead
Bob Allen, interim chief executive of the new Information Centre for Health and Social Care, has spoken to E-Health Insider about the centre’s responsibilities when it comes into being as a special authority on 1 April, 2005. The centre takes over some of the role of the NHS Information Authority, which is to be disbanded […]
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NHSU folds in arm’s length review
The NHSU which was hailed as the NHS’s corporate university and promised innovative learning from a virtual campus is to fold. A new Special Health Authority, the NHS Institute for Learning, Skills and Innovation (NILSI), is to replace the NHSU, NHS Modernisation Agency and the NHS Leadership Centre as well as supporting a new Innovation Centre. […]
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