RCN and RCM come out against bill
The Department of Health has expressed its “disappointment” with the decision of two royal medical colleges to announce their opposition to the Health and Social Care Bill.
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100 strong CSO up and running in NW
NHS Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral has created a commissioning support organisation with 100 IT staff working for the new body.
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Consortia should build commissioning IT
IT support for commissioning needs to be driven by GP consortia, rather than being provided by the centre, the Primary Health Info conference has heard.
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Connelly: NHS needs ‘plug in’ apps
NHS organisations should be able to choose from a range of ‘plug in’ applications to deliver care to patients, the NHS’ chief information officer has said.
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RCGP fuels health bill concerns
The Royal College of GPs has sought an assurance from the Prime Minister that the Health and Social Care Bill will not force doctors to breach their duty of confidentiality, as debate about the future of the Bill itself intensifies.
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PAC raises concern about ‘risky’ reforms
The Commons’ public accounts committee has joined the long line of influential bodies warning that the “risky” reorganisation of the NHS could “distract” from its imperative to save £20 billion.
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UnitedHealth quits GP provision
US healthcare giant UnitedHealth has decided to pull out of providing primary care services in order to focus on providing GP commissioning support.
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Information strategy v1 shredded
EHealth Insider has learned that NHS chief information officer Christine Connelly last month binned the Department of Health’s first “confused” stab at a new information strategy and has since been writing her own.
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Cuts hit IT investment, EHI survey shows
NHS trusts are looking to “sweat” their current IT systems instead of invest “in new toys” as they struggle with efficiency saving demands.
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Hospital IT cuts and job losses revealed
Massive cuts at acute trusts are feeding into job losses, a preoccupation with finances rather than patient care, and cuts in IT investment, a survey by eHealth Insider has found.
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