Labour manifesto fails to focus on IT
The Labour Party has launched its manifesto for the upcoming general election, promising a more integrated health and care system, but not one that will make more use of IT.
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Tory manifesto has records for all
David Cameron has promised that online health records will underpin a new direction for the NHS if the Conservative Party is elected in this year’s general election.
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Australia’s e-health chief to depart
The head of Australia’s National E-Health Transition Authority is set to depart after her resignation as director-general of Queensland Health. Uschi Schreiber will leave Queensland Health to take up a partnership with consultants Ernst and Young, according to a report by Australian IT. Schreiber’s departure from Queensland Health’s top job would automatically trigger her resignation […]
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IPPR calls for electronic health record education
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has called for the introduction of IT training for socially excluded sections of the population so that everybody has the ability to access and update their own electronic health records. The study, ‘Modernising with Purpose: A Manifesto for Digital Britain’, advocates using the SureStart programme, the government-operated […]
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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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Home Office to Consult on Smart ID Cards
The Home Office is to publish proposals to introduce identity cards in the UK, based on smart card technology, with Home Secretary David Blunkett expected to announce a six month public consultation on the proposals. Introducing national ID cards was floated by the Home Office in the aftermath of September 11 as a potential guard […]
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NHS LifeHouse to Test Patient Smart Cards
A study by NHS LifeHouse , a London NHS R&D funded group, is to begin later this year to assess the feasibility of electronic patient smart cards is set to begin in Hillingdon, London. The project, which aims to begin by the autumn, will look at the feasibility of issuing a smart card to all […]
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