Frantic last-minute lobbying on £100m ‘digital exemplars’
EXCLUSIVE: Frantic behind the scenes lobbying is underway to persuade NHS England to pick a wide range of digital exemplar sites, ahead of the announcement of the ‘centres of digital excellence’ at tomorrow’s NHS Innovation Expo.
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NHS Digital shuffles transformation targets
NHS Digital has accidentally published a whole lot of targets for digital transformation, from patient consent opt-outs to de-identification services.
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Ewan Davis: on new leaders and hard and soft power
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is back and the NHS in England has a set of new IT leaders. So far so good, but can they make the shift from wielding hard power to encouraging collaboration, ‘honourable failure’ and a willingness to embrace what works?
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Blackwood handed health IT
Nicola Blackwood has been handed responsibility for health IT in the post-Brexit shake-up of government.
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Jeremy Hunt retains post as health secretary
Jeremy Hunt has retained his post as health secretary in the re-shuffle triggered by Theresa May’s appointment as Prime Minister.
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Hunt “relentless” on delivering paperless NHS
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he will be “relentless’ in seeing through his commitment to a ‘paperless’ NHS by 2020, because technology underpins his ambitions for the NHS.
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E-prescribing use remains extremely low in the NHS
Levels of electronic prescribing in NHS hospitals remain stubbornly low, with less than a fifth of hospitals making widespread use of inpatient e-prescribing.
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Caldicott and care.data stalled by EU referendum ‘purdah’
Dame Fiona Caldicott’s most recent review of data sharing will not be published until after the referendum on membership of the European Union, it has been revealed.
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First free NHS wi-fi targets outlined at NIB meeting
The National Information Board was given an update on the timetable to deliver health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s promise of free wi-fi across the NHS at its latest meeting, which also covered information governance and professionalism.
Infrastructure
Hospital transparency league table published
NHS improvement has published a league table of NHS trusts according to their openness and transparency.
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