NHS CB names commissioning data centres
The NHS Commissioning Board has announced the ‘at scale’ commissioning support units that will supply data validation and integration for clinical commissioning groups and other CSUs.
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Joe’s view: of the new NHS IT arrangements
Joe McDonald contemplates the contents of his kitchen bin, and how they might be a metaphor for NHS IT in the future.
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National IT transfer plans unveiled
Staff working for NHS Connecting for Health, its strategic health authority delivery arms, and the Health and Social Care Information Centre face a long period of disruption as a ‘new’ HSCIC is formed.
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Kelsey deputies announced by NHS CB
The NHS Commissioning Board has announced the appointments of Alex Abbot as its chief technology officer and Giles Wilmore as director of patient and public voice.
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NHS commissioning to shed 20,000 jobs
As many as 20,000 NHS staff could be left without jobs when the new commissioning structure is complete, NHS Commissioning Board plans suggest.
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14 CSSs left without managing directors
Just nine appointments have been made to the managing director posts of the 23 commissioning support services that are being set up for the NHS.
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Future SROs expected to deliver
NHS Informatics wants to see “a major step change” in the way that national IT programmes are managed in the future, with senior responsible owners taking responsibility for “the delivery of benefits for the money invested.”
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NHS Informatics to be pulled in three
Responsibility for NHS IT at a national level is to be split three ways between the Department of Health, the NHS Commissioning Board, and the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
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IT part of mandate for NHS CB
The proposed mandate for the NHS Commissioning Board makes better information and “transparent and integrated IT” one of its 22 objectives.
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Handful of CSSs to host data centres
All commissioning support services have the opportunity to become one of eight to ten new data management integration centres being set up nationwide.
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