Mind the gap
This year’s NHS Confederation conference heard about a bright, tech-enabled future. But will it arrive in time to save the NHS from its pressing problems? Lyn Whitfield reports.
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Hunt’s pet project – Skyping GPs
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged the NHS to “put its head above the parapet” and make more creative use of technology in a speech to the NHS Confederation.
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Trusts win up to £8.2m in ‘tech fund 1’
Fourteen trusts received more than £3m in funding from the first round of NHS England’s technology fund, which puts an unexpected focus on electronic patient record projects.
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Open source focus for ‘tech fund 2’
An emphasis on open source solutions in the second round of the technology fund has been welcomed by suppliers, who say they expect significant interest from trusts.
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£240m ‘tech fund 2’ opens for bids
NHS England has issued a ‘prospectus’ for the second round of tech fund money, and given trusts two months to get their bids in.
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CQC consults on inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission has launched a month long consultation on its new regulation, inspection and rating regime.
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Unison moves towards pay ballot
Unison has agreed to put an emergency motion calling for a ballot on industrial action to its annual health conference, which will be held in Brighton in two weeks’ time.
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‘Step-up’ the paperless drive – TechUK
TechUK says a “step-up” in activity is needed if the NHS is to meet health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s target of becoming paperless by 2018.
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HSCIC to audit data releases by 2 April
The Health and Social Care Information Centre will take four weeks to audit the data releases of its predecessor, the NHS Information Centre, following intense public scrutiny of the bodies to which it released patient information.
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Hunt optimistic about NHS and technology
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is optimistic about the future of the NHS because of the “technology revolution” that is about to hit the delivery of health care.
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