PCTs to go in massive NHS reorganisation
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced that primary care trusts are to be abolished as part of a massive reorganisation of the NHS.
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Digital pathology: present and future
E-Health Insider is holding a round table discussion on digital pathology, sponsored by iSOFT. Daloni Carlise reports on the issues for debate.
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New Zealand looks for wrap around IT
Seven of New Zealand district health boards have formed a collaboration to procure an “individual-centric” health management system. The seven health boards, which serve around 27% of the population, have issued a request for information (RFI) and are looking to attract interest from software suppliers in the UK. The New Zealand/UK-based Simpl Group is managing […]
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Tough at the top
Christine Connelly and Martin Bellamy will have plenty on their desks when they take over the top jobs in NHS IT in mid September. Lyn Whitfield reports.
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New leaders for NHS IT
The Department of Health has announced Christine Connelly as the first chief information officer for health and named Martin Bellamy as director of programme and systems delivery, leading NHS Connecting for Health. The new appointments follow the departure of Richard Granger as director general of NHS IT in January and a review of NHS IT […]
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Swindells quits DH ahead of review publication
The Department of Health’s interim chief information officer Matthew Swindells is to leave the department to take up a position with consultancy firm Tribal. The news comes ahead of publication of the Swindells review of NHS Informatics, which was expected to contain criticism of the overall strategic management of information in the NHS. A former […]
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Direction promised on NHS information strategy
New clear direction on NHS IT and information strategy has been promised ‘within weeks’ by one of the leaders of the Department of Health’s informatics review. A report in Health Service Journal, quotes review manager Tom Denwood saying current ‘chaos’ on NHS IT strategy will be resolved within weeks, with a major shake-up at the DH to […]
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New information governance board announced
Members of the new National Information Governance Board for health and social care in England, the body who will be responsible for ownership of the Care Record Guarantee have been named by the Department of Health Chair of Connecting for Health’s Care Record Development Board (CRDB), Harry Cayton will continue as the new chair of […]
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A returned exile
Peter Ellis, former CEO and IT pioneer at one of Canada’s largest hospitals, explains why he is alarmed at the direction of Connecting for Health.
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Four new areas for IT policy named by DH
Four significant new areas for NHS information and IT policy are identified in the Department of Health’s new plans for commissioning services in England. The newly-published plan for the NHS commissioning framework says consultations with 150 stakeholders indicate that the patient-centred approach of the current information strategy is right – but four new areas for […]
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