Information sharing consultation
The government has launched a consultation on information sharing across health, social care and wider community support services. The consultation will examine how the assessment process for people who need health and social care should work in future. It will look at what information should be commonly shared, who that information should be shared with, […]
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BMA calls for exemption on data sharing
The BMA is calling for confidential health information to be exempt from new government legislation which will allow sharing of personal data across Whitehall departments.
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Clinical Solutions gets a Mentor
Clinical Solutions has signed a three year deal with primary care IT supplier EMIS to integrate EMIS’s Mentor drug database into its decision support software. The deal means the Mentor Drug Database Module will be integrated into Clinical Solutions’ IntefleCS Face to Face software, providing access for clinicians working in urgent care centres, walk-in centres […]
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ContactPoint goes live
The government has launched its national children’s database, ContactPoint, which will provide demographic data on every child in the country plus the name and address of any professional working with them. The controversial database has been criticised by civil liberties groups and some children’s campaigners, but backed by other children’s organisations and both the Royal […]
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Healthcare Interoperability: read all about it
Almost 400 delegates attended E-Health Insider’s event in Birmingham at an interesting time for NHS IT. Lyn Whitfield reports.
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Details of annual EMIS NUG conference released
Primary care systems specialist EMIS has released details of its annual National User Group conference, which takes place between 11 and 12 September, at Warwick University. The annual NUG conference includes an update on NHS Connecting for Health’s Electronic Prescription Service phase 2, from Dr Manpreet Pujara the new clinical director for EPS. Dr Pujara […]
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Conservatives commission review of NHS IT
The Conservative Party has commissioned an independent review of NHS IT policy to be led by Dr Glyn Hayes.
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RCGP says good GPs have great websites
The ‘exemplary GP’ has a clear and accurate practice website and seeks patient’s consent before giving sensitive information to other healthcare professionals, according to the latest guidance on good medical practice for GPs. The Royal College of General Practitioners and the BMA’s General Practitioner Committee have updated their guidance Good Medical Practice for General Practitioners […]
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Common assessment for adults pilot announced
The Department of Health will next month launch a call for interest in a pilot scheme for local authority-led consortia to produce IT systems to enable health and social care bodies to share information. The aim of the scheme is to develop systems for a Common Assessment Framework (CAF) for adults which would enable health […]
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