CSC reach 600 SystmOne deployments
CSC have reached 600 installations of SystmOne GP system within the North, Midlands and East (NME) Programme for IT. TPP, the supplier of the SystmOne software, is working with CSC, local service provider to the NME Programme for IT, to provide an integrated primary care solution, SystmOne GP, to GPs in the cluster. TPP also supplies […]
News
Your data or your life?
Bill McAvoy of Quicksilva argues that developing an information integration strategies provides the foundation for joined up public services.
Feature
Liquidlogic deploys e-SAP in Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough Council has become the latest local authority to deploy Single Assessment Process software from Liquidlogic in a bid to deliver electronic data sharing and remote working between the council’s social care department and Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust. The single assessment process (SAP) for older people was introduced in the National Service Framework for Older […]
News
Scottish GPs insist on explicit consent on shared records
GP practices must remain the data controller for GP records even if databases are held within a hosted environment, Scottish GP representatives have agreed. In a special debate on information sharing and confidentiality at the Scottish Local Medical Committees’ (LMCs) conference last week GPs also insisted that Scotland’s explicit consent model should remain for […]
News
Software could ease abuse reporting concerns
Widespread confusion amongst childcare professionals over who to inform when they have concerns about a vulnerable child is revealed in a survey conducted for collaborative software provider, Liquidlogic. The research was conducted by YouGov to review the effectiveness of the process for childcare professionals to identify and report early signs of children at risk. Liquidlogic […]
News
Plans for children’s databases criticised
Government plans for children’s databases could end up putting children at increased risk by diverting resources away from frontline services and are already breaking data protection and privacy laws according to a report ordered by the Information Commissioner. The report, Children’s Databases – Safety and Privacy, written by the Foundation for Information Policy and Research […]
News
On the road
EHIPC talks to GP clinical lead Professor Mike Pringle about how CfH will use its new national GP engagement workshops.
Feature
Children’s services system wins national IT award
The West Lothian Community Health and Care Partnership (CHCP) has won the Local Government IT Excellence Award for its ‘C-Me’ project, designed to improve the delivery of services to children in the region. West Lothian CHCP beat off competition from Hertfordshire County Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council to scoop the prize for its […]
News
DH consults on child Information Sharing Index
The government has launched a consultation on regulations for its proposed electronic database of children aged 0 to 18. The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) aims to set up an Information Sharing Index by 2008 with a list of information on every child in England covering the name, address, gender and date of birth […]
News
Review says e-SAP fragmented and lacks standards
A Connecting for Health review of implementations of the electronic single assessment process (e-SAP) has revealed a lack of integration and standards across the country. A National SAP Action Team set up by Connecting for Health’s Care Record Development Board carried out a survey of e-SAP implementation in early summer and consulted on how e-SAP implementation should […]
News