Record takers
NHS North is encouraging local organisations to make a start on giving patients online access to their GP records; with the national deadline just two years away. Jon Hoeksma reports.
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New GP data set to assess quality
The NHS Commissioning Board will require every GP to provide a “standardised routine set of data” to help assess their quality and it will be published online.
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NHS Direct starts redundancy talks
More than 1,400 NHS Direct staff risk losing their jobs as the organisation begins a redundancy consultation period.
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CCGs to commission GP IT this month
Clinical commissioning groups are expected to commission GP IT services from commissioning support units or other providers by the end of this month.
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New patient platform to kickstart SMEs
The new customer service platform being developed by the NHS Commissioning Board will invigorate small and medium-sized enterprises by creating a “market place to beat all market places in healthcare.”
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New approach for NHSmail2
The government is looking at using multiple suppliers to provide NHSmail2, using the G-Cloud procurement framework.
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‘Revolution in transparency’ for NHS
The NHS Commissioning Board is to lead a “revolution in transparency” which will see the NHS become a world leader in the availability of information about its services, the new government mandate says.
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‘Historic’ mandate highlights IT
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt today delivered an “historic” first mandate from the Government to the NHS and highlighted the need to embrace technology to achieve its aims.
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NHS CB mandated to create EHR
The NHS Commissioning Board should have plans in place for all patients to have an integrated electronic record of their care that can follow them to any part of the NHS or social care system, by 2015.
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Joe’s view: of openness
Joe undertakes a McDonald’s tour of organisational openness, via Birkenau, the Jimmy Savile scandal, and NPfIT.
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