Info underpins National Care Service
The government has identified telecare and online information services as two of the foundations of its proposed National Care Service. A much anticipated green paper on the future of adult social care says that support to help people remain independent and information to help them navigate the care support system are two of the six […]
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Wait for early SCR results before rollout, says BMA
The British Medical Association (BMA) has told the Department of Health (DH) that it wants to see no further rollout of the Summary Care Record beyond the early adopter sites until the independent evaluation has been completed and ways forward agreed. It says it will advise doctors outside the early adopter primary care trusts (PCTs) […]
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NPfIT failing to engage with social care providers
Social services directors have written to NHS chief executive, Sir Nigel Crisp, pointing out that there is no structure for engaging social care services in the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The letter said that social care input had been sought only on an ad hoc basis. David Johnstone, Director of Social Services for Devon, […]
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