NHS testing outcomes dashboard – Hunt
NHS England is testing an online dashboard that allows clinical commissioning groups to compare the quality of outcomes for key patient groups, health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced this morning.
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Hunt back as health secretary
Jeremy Hunt is to remain health secretary following the Conservative Party’s victory in last week’s general election, and the formation of the first all-Conservative cabinet in 18 years.
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Parties clash on NHS funding and reform
The health spokesmen of the three main political parties have clashed over the future funding and structure of the NHS at a King’s Fund debate ahead of the general election.
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Paper cuts
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s call for a ‘paperless’ NHS was the big healthcare IT initiative of the past five years of coalition government. But are we close to achieving it – or even knowing what it means? Thomas Meek investigates.
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Tech fund 2 money may return – Hunt
Nearly £200 million slashed from NHS England’s technology fund may be reinstated in future as part of a “staged roll-out”, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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Fiddling figures a jail crime from April
NHS directors and senior staff who publish false or misleading information could face a two-year jail sentence as part of a crackdown on cover-ups in the NHS.
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Hunt says £2 billion is for ‘change’
Updated: Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said the £2 billion ‘additional’ funding that Chancellor George Osborne has announced in his autumn statement will be used to support change in the NHS.
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Caldicott becomes data guardian
Dame Fiona Caldicott has been appointed national data guardian for health and care; a new role announced in the National Information Board’s IT framework.
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IT one of four pillars of NHS – Hunt
The National Information Board’s new IT strategy shows that technology must act as a “pillar” to support the future of the NHS, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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Get IT ‘right this time’ – Williams
The National Information Board’s framework for action will provide a guiding set of principles for a “revolution” in healthcare IT, Health and Social Care Information Centre chief executive Andy Williams has said.
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