Lib Dems demand tougher data protection
The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Department of Health to publish minimum standards for the protection of data on mobile devices after compiling research on more than 150 cases of data loss in the NHS. The party used the Freedom of Information Act to ask strategic health authorities about ‘serious untoward incidents’ involving data […]
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NPfIT ‘pushed the NHS into disarray’ say Lib Dems
The Liberal Democrats have labelled the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) as a waste of money which ‘has pushed the NHS into disarray’. Setting out his vision for the NHS, in policy paper, ‘Empowerment, Fairness and Quality in Healthcare’, Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, says that NPfIT and the Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) have […]
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Junior doctors’ confidential details openly displayed
The Medical Training Application Service website will be the subject of a Department of Health investigation after an undercover reporter found that the private details of over 1,000 junior doctor applicants were available to view on the website. Channel 4 News said that it logged onto a website provided to them by a doctor and […]
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PAC report brings brickbats and bouquets for NPfIT
Mixed reaction greeted the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee’s report on the National Programme for IT with critics and supporters dividing on predictable lines and the NHS Confederation saying the programme must be made to work, despite its problems. Health minister Lord Hunt, claimed the evidence taken to produce the report was outdated. “This PAC […]
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Lib Dem NHS whistleblower site launched
The Liberal Democrats have launched a new campaigning website www.libdemnhswatch.com designed to enable members of the public and NHS staff to highlight problems in the frontline health service. The new website, designed to hear feedback and concerns from thousands of patients and medical professionals, is designed to connect the Lib Dems to the front line […]
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Crunch time
How will the general election affect NHS IT? E-Health Insider takes a comprehensive look at what each party has to say about the major e-health issues.
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